{"id":11521,"date":"2026-03-27T16:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/?page_id=11521"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:36:08","slug":"mary-lou-benotto-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/mary-lou-benotto-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Lou Benotto Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Franks (of Epstein Cole LLP) has been awarded this year\u2019s annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family Law.<\/p>\n<p>The award was presented on March 25, 2026, at the Law Society of Ontario\u2019s 20th Family Law Summit.<\/p>\n<p>The award was established by the Chief Justice of Ontario, Michael Tulloch, to recognize the legacy and extraordinary contributions of the Honourable Mary Lou Benotto, a pillar of family law in this province.<\/p>\n<p>As the Honourable Jim Williams (Nova Scotia) said in nominating him for the award, Aaron \u201calways has an eye on ethics, civility and perhaps most importantly a curiosity about how \u2018we can do better\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Franks (of Epstein Cole LLP) has been awarded this year\u2019s annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family&#46;&#46;&#46;","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page-template.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - 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