Michael Cochrane
Partner, Ricketts & Harris LLP; leading legal commentator.
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Michael Cochrane has been practicing law in Ontario for over 30 years in both the public and private sector. He is a partner with Ricketts, Harris LLP in Toronto. His practice has an emphasis on civil litigation, family law, estates, and public policy law. He has appeared before all levels of court. He was the host of BNN’s Strictly Legal for three successful seasons and has appeared as a legal expert on numerous television and radio programmes including: the CBC’s “Counterspin," “As it Happens," TVO and Canada AM.
He is the author of a number of books on legal issues, including the bestselling Surviving Your Divorce: A Guide to Canadian Family Law (4th Edition), Strictly Legal: Things You Absolutely Need to Know About Canadian Law, and, most recently, Strictly Legal II: More Things You Absolutely Need to Know About Canadian Law.
He was the co-editor of the Annual Review of Civil Litigation (published by Carswell) from 2001 to 2004. He is also the legal expert for Zoomer Magazine.
In addition to being trained in negotiation and advanced negotiation, Harvard Law School, he was a Fellow at the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington, D.C. He has lectured at a variety of law schools in Canada, including the University of Ottawa, Osgoode Hall (York University) and Ryerson University.
