I really do feel like I may have finally made it. I am in with the cool kids!!
In all seriousness, this was a very moving and beautiful surprise, for which I am super grateful to my good friend and cherished colleague, Naomi Sayers – the incomparable and brilliant, creative advocate and hilarious, quirky beautiful human being that she is.
She surprised me – on a Thursday yet!! – with this Instagram post on July 28, 2022. I just caught the post randomly when she posted it to Twitter – totally fortuitous I saw it and I’m not gonna lie, shed a little tear. Thank you for this! It means so much.
Naomi’s Insta Women Lawyers Wednesday Series July 28 2022
Shared on Twitter here:
A delayed post – Women Lawyers Wednesday but this is a special one, on Thursday and featuring @pouchbaby (twitter), Anita Szigeti. The only Thursday feature! Anita is a friend, mentor and confidante. Anita inspired Naomi to enter into mental heal… https://t.co/Xtf0TVmXpvpic.twitter.com/MqTI4gpzSc
• 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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