Brian H. Renken

Call to the Bar – 1983
Bachelor of Laws, University of Ottawa – 1981
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Western Ontario – 1978

Brian Renken has practiced law for 40 years, with his main areas of practice being civil including family law. He frequently argues cases in the Owen Sound, Walkerton and Collingwood courts and has successfully represented clients at the Ontario Court of Appeal on numerous occasions. Brian also has a general practice, assisting clients with real estate matters, wills and estates.

Brian joined the firm as an associate in 1983 after his call to the Bar and later became a partner in 1988. He was President of the Grey County Law Association from 1998 to 2000 and has been active as a volunteer in many other local community organizations including fundraising for the Meaford Hospital Foundation as the Race Director of the Meaford Harbour Run for 25 years from 1996 to 2021. He is a Past President of Grey Bruce Health Services Board of Directors and the Past President of the Meaford Hospital Foundation. Brian is a previous member of the Central West Region division of the Ontario Bar Association and is currently a member of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.

Brian is kept busy with the demands of work and family, but when he does have spare time, he enjoys running, golf, and most sports. Everyone in the firm is proud of the fact that Brian was a member of the Canadian Olympic Wrestling Team in 1976 and 1980!

Kayla B. Renken

Call to the Bar – 2015
Juris Doctor, Bond University – 2014 

Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario – 2012

Born and raised in Meaford, Ontario, Kayla graduated from the University of Western Ontario with an Honours Bachelors of Health Science degree in 2012. Kayla then graduated from Bond University in Queensland, Australia with a Juris Doctor degree in 2014. She was top of her class in Civil Procedure and Canadian Criminal Law and graduated with Honours.

While studying in Australia, Kayla was a member of the Bond Women’s Volleyball team, which won the Gold Medal at the University Games in 2013 and the Bronze Medal at the Northern University Games in 2014.

After graduating from law school, Kayla moved back to Southern Georgian Bay to complete her Articles with the firm and was later called to the Bar in 2015. She completed Osgoode Hall’s 2015 Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop in order to further develop her litigation skills.

Kayla has also completed the Collaborative Family Law training and is the Vice-President of the Collaborative Family Law Group of Grey/Bruce and a member of the Ontario Association of Collaborative Professionals. She believes the traditional adversarial litigation system is not always the only and/or best process to resolve every family law dispute.

Kayla is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association and is on the Board of Directors for the Meaford Food Bank and Outreach

Kayla enjoys travelling the world and exploring everything the Southern Georgian Bay area has to offer with her husband and two golden retrievers.