Mr. Bastedo is certified by the LSUC as a Specialist in Family Law. He is an elected Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has extensive counsel experience in trial and appellate advocacy with a special interest in matters relating to family law’s inter-relationship with partnership law, business corporations and commercial issues. He regularly sits as an arbitrator and mediator. He is a former elected Bencher of the LSUC and a former founding Director of the Ontario Association for Family Mediation. He was elected a Fellow, and member of Executive Committee, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He has contributed to numerous seminars, lectures, and written many articles in field of Family Law. Mr. Bastedo is a former Chair of the Family Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association; a former Chair of the Family Law Specialty Certification Committee for the Province of Ontario; Chair of the Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Association; a former lecturer at University of Toronto, Atkinson College of York University and Osgoode Hall Law School. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1971 and appointed Q.C. in 1982.