Debbie D. Johnson

Debbie is one of the four founding partners of Calgary Family Law Associates. She is a member of the Alberta Bar, having been admitted in June 2006 in Calgary Alberta. Debbie is active within the Canadian Bar Association, having started and co-chaired the Child Welfare subsection at the Calgary office with a fellow colleague. Debbie was also co-chair of the Calgary Bar Association Health Section. Debbie was a regular volunteer at the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter and the Calgary Women’s Center and  and currently provides legal advice to people in need at Calgary Legal Guidance

This is a third career for Debbie, previously having had a successful business on mainland China and worked in the medical field as an Ophthalmic Assistant as well as performing research in diabetes for over 20 years. Author Patricia Morgan portrayed part of Debbie’s life story in pages 75 to 78 of her book “From Woe to Wow” How Resilient Women Succeed at Work. If you are interested in reading this book, you can find out more HERE

In law school, Debbie was the class winner of the Grant McKibben Prize; and recipient of the R.A. Mackimmie O.C. Q.C. Award for Outstanding Contribution; Howard Tidswell Memorial Award in Law, Alberta Law Foundation Bursary and Millennium Scholarship. Debbie was the President of the Society of Law Students, worked in Student Legal Assistance, an editor of the Alberta Law Review, co-producer of the Law Show (ragtag band of amateur actors) and organized a law student soft ball team called the Paisley Snails to play against other faculties at the University.

Debbie has made presentations on family law, specifically the Family Law Act, on behalf of the Action Committee Against Violence, Calgary Coalition on Family Violence and the Violence Information and Education Centre.

Debbie’s practice focuses on all aspects of Family Law as well as Child and Family Services. The dissolution of the family, regardless of whether it is domestic violence or the intrusion of Alberta Justice by Child and Family services, amicable separation or high conflict, all require guidance in resolution. Debbie has favourably resolved numerous cases involving parenting arrangements, child and spousal support and the division of property. Debbie drafts and provides advice with respect to Prenuptial and Cohabitation Agreements and has successfully appeared in all levels of the Alberta Courts on contested matters.