Ashley Elizabeth Gibson

Family Law, including Separation, Divorce, Parenting Plans, Support Plans, Child Protection, Real Estate and Wills

Ashley was born and raised in Fort Erie, Ontario and is a proud graduate of Fort Erie Secondary School. After high school Ashley attended McMaster University and obtained an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Anthropology. Ashley graduated from McMaster in 2004, Summa Cum Laude. Ashley thoroughly enjoyed her time in Hamilton and considers the city a second home.

After undergrad, Ashley attended the University of Windsor for law school where she developed a passion for social justice. Ashley graduated in 2007 and was called to the bar in 2008. After articling at Chown Cairns, Ashley accepted a position with David Hurren in her hometown of Fort Erie. In order to continue to grow her practice and expand her business, Ashley partnered with Anthony Reitboeck in January of 2020 to form the firm Gibson & Reitboeck LLP.

Ashley’s passion for social justice and equality along with her desire to succeed saw her starting out her career taking on many different areas of law, from real estate to family and criminal law. In 2012, Ashley was appointed as a panel member of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer and this caused her to focus her practice on family law. Ashley still maintains a busy solicitor practice and she is forever grateful to her staff for keeping her organized. Representing children and advocating for their rights in court is Ashley’s favourite part of law and she is passionate about children’s rights. Ashley’s practice, whether she is representing a child or a parent, is child focused. Ashley is a strong advocate for all her client’s and she excels in the courtroom while knowing when to stay out of it!

Ashley has experience in the Ontario Court of Justice, Superior Court of Justice, the Unified Family Court, Divisional Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Ashley approaches each and every case with common sense based and logic, often reminding her clients that it is not what she believes that matters, it is what she can prove. Ashley does not allow her clients to waste their time or money on senseless litigation, and as such she has become an accredited member of the Ontario Collaborative Law Federation.