6060 Main Street Stouffville, ON L4A 1B8
Our Team
Morra Caruso Law
Welcome to Morra Caruso Law. At Morra Caruso Law, our professionals provide prompt quality legal services in an energetic and welcoming environment to the ultimate satisfaction of our clients. We view our clients as partners and work together to balance our clients' objectives with sound, customized and sustainable legal solutions. We pride ourselves in client-service excellence and strive to exceed our client's expectations.
Ida Morra-Caruso
Lawyer (Owner)
As the founder and principal of Morra Caruso Law, Ida has more than 18 years of experience providing strategic advice and legal representation to businesses and individuals on a range legal matters. Her core practice areas include business law, wills and estates, and employment law. She also acts as General Legal Counsel for a national cosmetics brand.
Ida brings a wealth of broad legal knowledge and experience to her practice. Ida offers the residents of Stouffville an energetic approach to the practice of law centered on prompt, quality and experienced legal service to all clients, no matter how big or small. Ida is passionate about knowing who her clients are and providing them with the practical advice that fits their situation. Ida was nominated for Stouffville’s Young Entrepreneur award in 2011 and Morra Caruso Law Professional Corporation nominated for Best Small Business in 2016.
Martin Bufton
Lawyer
Martin obtained his law degree from the University of New Brunswick and was called to the Bar in 2000. He practiced in the west end of Toronto before joining Morra Caruso Law. Martin's practice revolves largely around Family Law and he has regularly appeared in the Ontario court of Justice in child custody, access and support matters, and in the Superior Court/ Superior Unified Court on property division. Martin prepares and provides advice on Domestic contracts (Separation Agreements, Marriage Contracts and Cohabitation Agreements). In addition Martin practices general civil litigation in the Superior court of Justice and Small Claims court and Estate law including the preparation of Applications for certificates of appointment as estate trustee with and without a will. Martin has prepared Application and management plans for Application to replace the Public Guardian Trustee as Guardians for property. Martin has multiple reported Cases in Civil and Family matters including:
- Pires v. Dedvukay, 2015 ONCJ 414 (CanLII)http://canlii.ca/t/gkhx1>
- Pires v. Dedvukay, 2010 ONCJ 8 (CanLII),http://canlii.ca/t/27q2d
- Da Silva v. Da Silva, 2005 CanLII 56204 (ON SC), <http://canlii.ca/t/1qg84
- Provato v. Burgantin, 2003 CanLII 29309 (ON SC) <http://canlii.ca/t/5wb9
Sanja Curic
Lawyer
Sanja is a graduate of Queen’s University and was called to the bar in 2003. She has exclusively practiced Family Law since her call and is a strong advocate for collaborative Law which she began practicing in 2010. Sanja is Chair of York Collaborative Practice, a member of the Board of Collaborative Practice Durham Region and a member of Collaborative Practice Toronto.
Sanja uses her experience to help clients determine for themselves what process options suit their needs and situation, options including Collaborative, mediation or litigation. Sanja supports her clients in balancing the need to manage the emotional struggles of a separation and divorce, while also using logical and practical approaches to guide them towards achieving timely, cost-effective and successful results.
Vira Morra-Lord
Office Manager
Since the first day of Morra Caruso Law inception, Vira has been a dedicated team contributor as Office Manager. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto achieving a Bachelor of Arts, and a graduate at Herzing College's Paralegal Program. Vira is an enduring asset to the firm as she appreciates the importance of maintaining a smooth intake process, billing, management and organization of the office. She oversees the firms marketing, human resources, financial, and facilities management. Vira is dedicated to customer satisfaction and offers high caliber service to our clients.
Julie Patterson
Law Clerk
Julie joined the Morra Caruso Law Team in February of 2014. She graduated from Seneca's Law Enforcement program in 1999 and Law Clerk program in 2003 and has experience in various areas of law. Julie is currently the firm's Senior Law Clerk and assistant to principal Lawyer Ida Morra-Caruso. Julie is always cheerful and available to direct and assist clients with any matter. She has recently mastered Real Estate Law and strives to provide a smooth process for the transfer of property. Buying and selling real estate is a detail oriented procedure and her strong work ethic and patient correspondence with clients has been the key to many successfully closed deals.
Ryan Dancey
Lawyer
Ryan obtained an Honours degree in Philosophy from York University and a law degree from the University of Windsor. Ryan worked at a criminal law firm before being called to the Bar in 2016. Prior to joining Morra Caruso Law, Ryan worked with clients in Business, Contract, Estate, and Commercial and Residential Real Estate Law, and he continues to advise and represent clients in these areas. Ryan reviews and drafts commercial contracts, and he also practices general civil litigation in the Small Claims Court
Wendy Lawton
Law Clerk
Wendy joined the Morra Caruso Law Team in October of 2022. She is a graduate of Centennial College’s Law Clerk program and has completed associate courses with the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario. Wendy is currently the firm’s Law Clerk for Sanja Curic. With Wendy’s lengthy history of customer service, and her experience in multiple areas of law, she is able to manage client files with compassion, knowledge and respect.
Matthew Berman
Law Clerk
Matthew joined the Morra Caruso Law Team in July 2023. He graduated with honors from Sheridan College’s Paralegal program in 2020 and received his Paralegal License from the Law Society of Ontario in 2021. He worked as a Law Clerk at a Family Law firm in Toronto from 2020 to 2023 assisting clients through all the stages of Family Law matters. Matthew is currently the firm’s Law Clerk for Martin Bufton. He is committed to providing our clients with excellent service.
Santa Claus Parade 2016
Join us Saturday, December 3rd at 2pm for Stouffville's Annual Santa Claus Parade!
We will be serving Tim Horton's Coffee, hot chocolate, and cookies for the kids. We will also be giving away advent calendars. Hope to see you there!
Happy Holidays!
Reviews
- Pretty smooth process. They were accommodating when something on their end came up. Overall positive experience.- Vito Apa. 11/12/2019
- Amazing people! We used them for our recent home purchase. Such an accessible and friendly team. We had some very unpleasant happenings with the sellers of our home, and the team at morra caruso were fantastic. They made a horrible situation so much better. They went out of their way and we really appreciated them being there for us. Would highly recommend them.- Allison . 7/19/2019
- We met with a lawyer at Morra Caruso Law Firm to create our wills. Everyone we met in the office was friendly and professional. Our lawyer took the time to thoroughly explain the process involved in making a will and he was very good about listening to our concerns and answering all of our questions- Susan Vlachopoulos. 2/25/2019
- We purchased a business and the land in 2018 and we had an excellent lawyer who was very thorough with all the documents and very precise in emails. In the middle of the transaction (our transaction was many months), our lawyer moved away and we were transferred to the owner. The staff that helped us in the transaction was Julie and Vira and they were absolutely amazing workers and went the extra mile to make everything correct....definitely 'dotted the i's' and 'crossed the t's'. The after service is amazing as well. They truly look after you with your transaction and you don't feel like a 'number'. Everyone at Morra Caruso Law is very friendly and professional! I would highly recommend anyone to them, whether for business or personal....they are amazing at what they do.- Dana Samlal. 2/24/2019
- Had to get some papers signed..friendly staff..very efficient- Tammy Crawford. 0/20/2019
- Good Support !- Shelly Booth. 1/28/2018
- Awesome to deal with and work hard for their clients !- William Englert. 11/15/2017
- My brother and I needed a lawyer to help us deal with our mother's estate and he suggested we try Morra Caruso Law. And we are both glad we did. Martin Bufton walked us through the process and made recommendations based on his extensive experience. We met the whole team that day and were impressed with their knowledge and professionalism and all delivered with a smile. Julie Patterson has been very patient with my many questions and all in all the team has eased some our worries at a difficult time. I will also be coming back to have my own will drafted and have already recommended this firm to friends. Many thanks to the Morra Caruso team.- onthebrink03 . 11/10/2017
- We are new clients of Morra Caruso. My wife and I came to them to prepare our wills. Brian was our lawyer. Financially it was fairly simple, but because we were both previously married with children therefrom, some careful planning and thought was required. After an initial review of our situation, Brian provided us with a cost estimate and he stayed true to his word. He was very good at explaining various issues and considerations. I still had questions which he answered patiently and in simple laymen's terms. Brian is very professional, yet friendly and approachable. We were so impressed with the service (including the staff!) that we had them update my mother-in-law's will and her real estate closing. Morra Caruso will be consulted for all our legal issues and I would recommend them to anyone needing legal advice.- David Passalent. 11/9/2017
- My experience with this law firm has been very positive. My husband and I had are wills done by this firm and they were very accommodating with our requests as well as our time line. Due to our recent arrival of our son they have been very helpful and patient in our preferences as well as waiting patiently to meet with us again due to our new very busy schedule. We have recommended them now to renew wills and have new wills written for our parents as well as my brother in law has used them. So far everyone we know who has used them has been very pleased with their professional work. I would and will continue to recommend this local legal team!- Kristen Holmes. 10/25/2017
- Family Friendly High End Service that gets things done! Thank you so much to the Morra Caruso Law Team! Everybody in the office is always ready and willing to help! Through trying times you need to know that that people you rely in are professional, dependable, available, knowledgeable, confident and Human! They really do make you part of the family and offer a hug when needed :-) I would recommend this office to anybody who is going through the hard times as well as the happy and simple times... they can do it all :-)- Amodio Family. 10/24/2015
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