Anita Szigeti For Bencher: Fighting for Legal Aid

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• Called to the Bar (1992)

• U of T Law grad (1990)

• Sole practitioner (8 years)

• Partner in small law firm (Hiltz Szigeti) since 2002

• Mom to two astonishing kids, Scarlett (8) and Sebastian (5)

• (Founding) Chair of Mental Health Legal Committee for nine years (1997 to 2006)

• Counsel to clients with serious mental health issues before administrative tribunals and on appeals

• Form

er Chair, current member of LAO’s mental health law advisory committee

• Educator, lecturer, widely published author (including text book on consent and capacity law)

• Fifteen years’ experience as counsel to almost exclusively legally aided clients

• Frequently appointed amicus curiae

• Fearless advocate

• Not entirely humourless

French:
• Admission au Barreau en 1992

• Graduée de la faculté de droit de l'Université de Toronto en 1990

• Exerce le droit en pratique privée pendant 8 ans

• Associée du cabinet d’avocats (Hiltz Szigeti) depuis 2002

• Mère de deux enfants fantastiques, Scarlett (8 ans) et Sebastian (5 ans)

• Présidente fondatrice du Comité légal sur la santé mentale pendant 9 ans (1997 à 2006)

• Prestation de conseils juridiques à des clients atteints de troubles mentaux sérieux avant leurs comparutions aux tribunaux administratifs et appels.

• Ancienne présidente et membre actuel du comité consultatif du droit de la santé mentale de l’Aide juridique Ontario

• Conférencière et auteure publiée à maintes reprises (entre autre un manuel scolaire sur le consentement et la capacité)

• Quinze ans d’expérience en tant que conseillère pour une clientèle presque exclusivement de l’aide juridique.

• Nommée amicus curiae à maintes reprises

• Avocate courageuse

• Non complètement dépourvue de sens de l’humour

03/12/2015

Check out these two phenomenal candidates for Bencher in the 2015 Election - both criminal defence lawyers in small firms, with impeccable reputations: (1) In Toronto, Enzo Rondinelli - www.bencher2015.ca and (2) In Ottawa, Dominic Lamb - www.dominiclamb.com - more news of their campaigns as they unfold!

Enzo Rondinelli for Bencher

03/12/2015

So, just to clarify - I am not running in the 2015 Bencher election - but I thank everyone who views this page for your interest - however, I am really excited about a couple of other candidates - whose sites you should check out.

Anyone with the slightest sense of humour cannot help but love this guy - while a few tickets remain, do yourself a favo...
01/11/2012

Anyone with the slightest sense of humour cannot help but love this guy - while a few tickets remain, do yourself a favour and go see Jim Gaffigan at Massey Hall Saturday January 21 2012

Jim Gaffigan’s clever style makes him one of America’s top 5 most successful touring comedians. With an unprecedented number of appearances on late night’s David Letterman and Conan O’Brien, Gaffigan has proven himself a major talent beloved by a wide range of audiences for his stand-up comedy, acti...

03/25/2011

http://www.cba.org/dev/oba/en/gen/sep03/anita.aspx

Introduction: Anita Szigeti first represented physics professor Scott Starson in 1999. Starson was an inpatient who applied to Ontario’s Consent and Capacity Board to review his psychiatrists’ finding that he was mentally incapable of consenting to or refusing treatment. Her involvement continued

02/17/2011

ENDORSED BY THE CRIMINAL LAWYERS' ASSOCIATION (CLA)
and THE MENTAL HEALTH LEGAL COMMITTEE (MHLC)

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