Every once in a while, I do update my Resume even though there is no job in the world that I would apply for and am not ever thinking of applying for the Bench, which is where 99% of those my vintage have gone or are waiting to go. Not my cuppa, but proud of all those who hold up their hand to serve.
I just like to keep track of all that I do – in part to document and remind me, that it’s a lot.
And I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. I am truly fortunate to manage my volunteer community work, teaching, and publishing alongside my tribunal level and appellate litigation files. Grateful to all my clients, individuals and organizations, who trust me with their lives and important work.
In this new version, I update information on my recently published articles and forthcoming new book -by far the best one yet and in my own view anyway, the best textbook available in Canada, ever – on mental health and the law. Anyone interested in this area of law will find something compelling in it.
• 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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