About Us · The Acacia Group
Legal counsel that protects your mission and legacy
Trusted counsel to churches, charities, and businesses across Ottawa and beyond, helping mission-driven leaders navigate the law with confidence.
Who we are
Practical counsel for people of purpose
The Acacia Group offers a wide variety of services to its clientele of churches, charities, non-profit, for-profit and religious institutions.
The Acacia Group’s legal team strives to keep its clients informed of the details of their cases while exploring legal and non-adversarial means to managing conflict, resolving disputes, settling cases, and protecting rights and freedoms.
Why work with us
Experience where it matters most
Church and Charity Law Expertise
Our team has extensive experience representing religious organizations and non-profit organizations across Canada. We understand the wide range of issues that religious organizations face, and we have the experience they need to find the right solutions without expending donor resources unnecessarily.
Our clients are passionate about their callings and their unique missions are focused and clear. We meet their needs for researching and keeping abreast of legal issues so they can focus their efforts on what really matters: their work.
CORPORATE & BUSINESS LAW SERVICES
Operating a corporation today, whether for-profit or non-profit, involves navigating a complex and evolving legal and regulatory landscape. From employment relationships and contractual obligations to governance responsibilities and workplace safety, leadership must manage legal risk while continuing to lead and grow their organizations.
The Acacia Group works with corporations of all types to identify and address these risks proactively. We offer clear, practical legal support to reduce exposure, strengthen operations, and support long-term stability.
Consulting Services
The Acacia Group also offers a host of consulting services to support their clients’ work and to help them navigate board and member disputes, public and media relations, crisis management and communications, and strategic corporate restructurings.
Why “Acacia”?
Built to last for generations
Acacia is a very dense hardwood. In the Old Testament, God commanded the Israelites to build many ceremonial items out of acacia wood, including the Ark of the Covenant, the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, the Altar, and the Mercy Seat. Acacia wood was readily available in the Wilderness and many Israelites who possessed acacia wood took it with them at the Exodus (Exodus 35:24). Acacia wood is incredibly durable and items built out of acacia wood, like those commanded by God during the Exodus, last for many generations.
The Acacia Group seeks to preserve and protect our clients’ ministries, their good works, and their legacy for many generations, like the Ark of the Covenant which was moved around for 400 years.
Our Founder
Leadership with purpose
Faye Silver is the founder and President of The Acacia Group. She practises charity, corporate, and employment law and supports other Acacia lawyers in their constitutional rights advocacy work.
How we work
Clients come to us with a calling
Our job is to keep the law from standing in the way: informed at every step, non-adversarial wherever possible, and mindful of every donor dollar.
- Integrity
- Clarity
- Care
- Non-adversarial first
- Donor-conscious
- Informed at every step
- Across Canada
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