Happy 30th Anniversary to the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law’s ‘dumbest class ever.” – That is what our Dean at the time was overheard calling us, so we made T-shirts that said exactly that. I am looking for mine – I know I have it. We turned out OK, despite those inauspicious beginnings. 30 years of litigation flew by. What a privileged career I have had being the lawyer to clients who have moved me and cheered me with their resilience and spirit. Here is to 30 more in the trenches.
• 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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