In 2002, Anita and I combined our law practices and established Hiltz Szigeti LLP. I am proud to endorse Anita’s candidacy from Bencher.
Throughout the nearly 10 years of our law partnership, I have witnessed first hand the dedication, loyalty and tremendous skill Anita brings to each and every case and cause. She has worked tirelessly over the years to ensure that the most vulnerable in our society have access to justice though appropriate legal aid funding. She now needs our support to continue with this noblest of causes. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind, that the Law Society, we as members and most importantly, the people of Ontario whom we serve, could do no better than have Anita elected as a Bencher. Please support her candidacy.
D’Arcy
About Anita Szigeti
• Called to the Bar (1992)
• U of T Law grad (1990)
• Sole practitioner (33 years)
• Partner in small law firm (Hiltz Szigeti) 2002 - 2013
• Mom to two astonishing kids, Scarlett (20+) and Sebastian (20-)
• (Founding) Chair of Mental Health Legal Committee for ten years (1997 to 2007)
* Founding President of Law and Mental Disorder Association - LAMDA since 2017
* Founder and Secretary to Women in Canadian Criminal Defence - WiCCD - since 2022
• Counsel to clients with serious mental health issues before administrative tribunals and on appeals
• Former Chair, current member of LAO’s mental health law advisory committee
• Educator, lecturer, widely published author (including 5 text books on consent and capacity law, Canadian civil mental health law, the criminal law of mental disorder, a law school casebook and a massive Anthology on all things mental health and the law)
• Thirty+ years’ experience as counsel to almost exclusively legally aided clients
• Frequently appointed amicus curiae
• Fearless advocate
• Not entirely humourless
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