Ard Law Office closed to new business

By Joan Janzen
joanjanzen@yahoo.com

Ard Law Office has served Kindersley and the surrounding area for over four decades, conveniently located at 116 Main Street. Robert Ard, QC, moved to Kindersley in May of 1980 immediately following graduation from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law and has resided in Kindersley ever since. He has over 40 years of experience in real estate law, mortgages and leases, wills and estates, pensions, family law and divorce, accidents and personal injury, criminal law, civil litigation, and corporate law.

“Kindersley has been an ideal place to practice law. It has a large trading area, making it mandatory to have a wide knowledge of all areas of law, not just a specialized area, which has kept work interesting and enjoyable,” Robert noted.

During Robert’s practice, he attended court in all levels of Saskatchewan Courts in many of the judicial points in the province and on several occasions in the Alberta Courts. He’s also appeared in court as an expert witness and was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in December of 2009.

Robert considers himself fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet so many people throughout his years of practice. “I am grateful to the people of the area who have supported my practice over the years, and particularly the staff I have had, who have truly been the operating force of the office,” Robert said.

Ard Law Office has been closed to new business since June 30, 2021; however, Robert and his staff continue to work daily, as ongoing files are completed. “There is no finite date set for having these files completed since we have to wait for Revenue Canada to complete their assessments,” Robert explained.

Robert grew up in the Yukon and North West Territories, attending Whitehorse and Fort Smith primary school. “My father was transferred to Ottawa where he worked in the G Division staffing office at Depot Division. I completed grades 8 and 9 in Ottawa and finished high school at Martin Collegiate in Regina,” Robert said. After high school, he worked for a year to save funds for university tuition and living costs at the U of S.

Not long after moving to Kindersley, Robert married his wife, Bernie, in September of 1984, at Flaxcombe, where coincidentally, Robert’s great-great-grandfather is buried. Today Bernie and Robert have three children and two grandchildren.

Although Bernie and Robert have no plans to move anywhere, they plan to spend more time in Arizona in the winter, travel in the summer, and spend more time with their grandchildren. “Our main plan is to keep busy doing things we did not have the time and opportunity to do previously,” Robert concluded.

Robert Ard