Lori Triano is the Keynote Speaker at our 6th Annual Mental Health Law Conference. Her Keynote Address is entitled:
“Not Criminally Responsible: From Pain to Understanding and Advocacy: A Mother’s Journey, a Psychologist’s Perspective.”
This speech is going to be one of the most memorable experiences of any conference attendance, guaranteed.
Please join us on February 20, 2021 as the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (CLA) and the Law and Mental Disorder Association again co-host this wildly popular conference (more than 150 people have already registered) as we welcome Dr. Triano-Antidormi and hear her remarkable, moving and inspirational story.
• 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
anitaszigeti 