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Jennifer Shaften K.C. has been appointed to the newly renamed, Alberta Court of Justice’s Calgary Family and Youth Division.</p><p>Jennifer received her Juris Doctor from the University of Calgary in 1993. Jennifer has had a rewarding career working as a sole practitioner, with Walsh LLP and Legal Aid Alberta, before joining Foster LLP, where she has been a managing partner since 2015. Jennifer’s areas of practice have focused on child representation in high conflict parenting matters, mediation, arbitration, high conflict parenting coordination and child protection litigation. </p><p>Jennifer’s pursuit of children’s rights in family law matters has been a hallmark of her distinguished career.</p><p>Congratulations Justice Shaften!</p></div></div></div></div><div class="section grade no-padding-top"><div class="wrapper"><div class="section-intro big-text"><h2 data-w-id="7d51ce5b-ff16-e9a8-48ef-83833de2f96b" style="opacity:0">You Might Also Like</h2><div data-w-id="7d51ce5b-ff16-e9a8-48ef-83833de2f96d" style="opacity:0" class="divider center"></div><div data-w-id="7d51ce5b-ff16-e9a8-48ef-83833de2f96e" style="opacity:0" class="intro-big-text">More Posts</div></div><div data-w-id="bb4fca09-684d-3757-5357-dcf2969b8153" style="opacity:0" class="full-width place-top w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blog-v2 w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="post-item-v2 w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog/response-to-covid-19" class="post-card-v2 w-inline-block"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5e72701c6955287e505bad1a_Foster%20LLP_COVID%20Announcement%20Calgary_AB_Calgary_%232100%2C%20520%205%20Avenue%20SW_.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 93vw, (max-width: 767px) 47vw, (max-width: 991px) 48vw, 29vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5e72701c6955287e505bad1a_Foster%20LLP_COVID%20Announcement%20Calgary_AB_Calgary_%232100%2C%20520%205%20Avenue%20SW_-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5e72701c6955287e505bad1a_Foster%20LLP_COVID%20Announcement%20Calgary_AB_Calgary_%232100%2C%20520%205%20Avenue%20SW_-p-1080.jpeg 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5e72701c6955287e505bad1a_Foster%20LLP_COVID%20Announcement%20Calgary_AB_Calgary_%232100%2C%20520%205%20Avenue%20SW_-p-1600.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5e72701c6955287e505bad1a_Foster%20LLP_COVID%20Announcement%20Calgary_AB_Calgary_%232100%2C%20520%205%20Avenue%20SW_.jpg 2000w" class="full-width"/><div class="post-card-v2-info"><div style="background-color:#0083ff" class="badge post-card-v2-category">Firm News</div><h4>Our Response to COVID-19</h4><div class="post-card-v2-description">Please read for important updates regarding COVID-19 and our firm's operations.</div></div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="post-item-v2 w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog/sasha-joshi-to-speak-at-leaders-in-law" class="post-card-v2 w-inline-block"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/600a291988d5d329bb9bce80_Leaders%20In%20Law%20Panelists.png" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 93vw, (max-width: 767px) 47vw, (max-width: 991px) 48vw, 29vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/600a291988d5d329bb9bce80_Leaders%20In%20Law%20Panelists-p-500.png 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/600a291988d5d329bb9bce80_Leaders%20In%20Law%20Panelists-p-800.png 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/600a291988d5d329bb9bce80_Leaders%20In%20Law%20Panelists-p-1080.png 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/600a291988d5d329bb9bce80_Leaders%20In%20Law%20Panelists.png 1438w" class="full-width"/><div class="post-card-v2-info"><div style="background-color:#ff704d" class="badge post-card-v2-category">Family Law</div><h4>Sasha Joshi to speak at Leaders in Law</h4><div class="post-card-v2-description">Wishing our best to Sasha Joshi who will speaking along side a number of exceptional women on January 25, 2021.</div></div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="post-item-v2 w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog/corporate-disclosure-and-support" class="post-card-v2 w-inline-block"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5c09ef7161830878a6b1e1ab__Corporate%20disclosure%20and%20support.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 93vw, (max-width: 767px) 47vw, (max-width: 991px) 48vw, 29vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5c09ef7161830878a6b1e1ab__Corporate%20disclosure%20and%20support-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5c09ef7161830878a6b1e1ab__Corporate%20disclosure%20and%20support-p-800.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b623e28a5fc3a0afad16d06/5c09ef7161830878a6b1e1ab__Corporate%20disclosure%20and%20support.jpg 1000w" class="full-width"/><div class="post-card-v2-info"><div style="background-color:#ff704d" class="badge post-card-v2-category">Family Law</div><h4>Corporate Disclosure and Support</h4><div class="post-card-v2-description">Lawyers from our office attended the King’s Bench Family Law Annual Town Hall Meeting hosted by the Judiciary and the Calgary Bar Association on January 18, 2017. 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