So much has happened in the last few months alone that it was time for a CV update, just to document my professional activities and that of my growing firm and as a byproduct, celebrate our accomplishments.
The main thing of course is that on March 1, 2024, we have finally submitted the entire Manuscript for our latest and greatest book yet, The Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law (CAMHL) forthcoming from LexisNexis in August of 2024. We cannot wait to see this gem in print!
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Here is a link to the New CV current to April 2024. I’ve included a “New” Section on my Reported Cases, highlighting my Supreme Court of Canada practice and the work I’ve done at Coroner’s Inquests.
• 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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