Family Law Family Law Mediation
Doug Moe KC
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2022 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Doug is a senior family lawyer who has practiced family law for over 36 years. His practice is largely mediation and arbitration of family law disputes. Often Doug is acting as a mediator/arbitrator in a hybrid process that combines the benefit of both mediation and arbitration. In addition, Doug assists a few select clients in reaching resolution through negotiation, collaborative law, mediation, arbitration, and when necessary through litigation.
Admitted to the Alberta Bar on January 10, 1986, Doug initially was a general practitioner involved in many different areas of the law including criminal law, wills, estates, corporate, commercial, real estate, foreclosure, civil litigation, and family law, etc., After a few years, he began specializing in family law. Doug has been practicing for over 36 years. His last 32 years have focused entirely on family law matters. For the last 24 years, he has practiced at MoeHannah LLP, a firm well known for its leadership in problem-solving approaches to family law. He has also been mediating for over 28 years and arbitrating for over 25 years.
Overview
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Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2026 for work in:
- Family Law
- Family Law Mediation
Awards:
- In 1995 the Calgary Herald profiled Doug as a “Local Hero” in recognition of his work with two children’s charities in Calgary; the Children’s Cottage and Kamp Kiwanis.
- 2016, Distinguished Service Award from the Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian Bar Association
- John Haynes Award from the Alberta Family Mediation Society, twice. Once in recognition of his role in the creation and implementation of the Dispute Resolution Officer program here in Calgary (2010). And once in his personal capacity (2018).
- Recognized in Lexpert Legal Directory as a leading family law practitioner in the first 10 years of the directory.
- Recognized by Martindale Hubbell as AV Preeminent – the “Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards”
News & Media
Additional Information
- Continuing Education 1985-Present
Numerous professional development courses in Family Law and other areas, Legal Education Society of Alberta (Attended almost every Family Law related course by LESA, including the four day Banff Refresher), The National Family Law Program in most of the years from 1992 to 2004, plus 2016 (have missed in the last number of years given the conflict with family holiday time in July)
- Continuing Education 1989
to present – Regular attendance at CBA Family Section Meetings on various subjects.
- Continuing Education 1993
Legal Education Society of Alberta, Divorce and Family Mediation
- Continuing Education 1996
Alberta Arbitration Mediation Society, Arbitration: The Law and Practice
- Continuing Education 2000-Present
Courses presented on behalf of the Alberta Family Mediation Society or the Association of Collaborative Lawyers (Calgary), and Alberta Justice including but not limited to Collaborative Law training, Interest Based Negotiation training, Advanced Mediation Skills, Non Defensive Communication, Vicarious Trauma, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law Training, New Ways for Families training, How Fathers Parent Differently, and others.
- Continuing Education 2001-2013
Regular attendance at the Collaborative Associations Brown Bag lunch and learns. Child Representation course (Justice Trussler, Judge Flatter and others)
- Continuing Education 2010
Spousal Support Super Conference (Balbi, Epstein, Rogerson, Thomson and Gordon).
- Continuing Education 2012
Unjust Enrichment Super Conference (Epstein, Thomson, Hovius, Moe and Cooper)
- Continuing Education 2015
Super Conference –Family Law Secrets Exposed (Epstein, Mamo, Balbi, Moe, Mnookin)
- Ongoing
Tons of reading, both fiction and non-fiction on an eclectic range of subjects.
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