Anne's Experience

Anne is an active member in the legal profession as well as her community. She serves on Council (the governing body) of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), on the ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Executive of the OBA, and is a former Program Director for the Women’s Law Association of Ontario. She’s also a member of Collaborative Practice Toronto, the International Association of Collaborative Practitioners (IACP) and a member of its 2011 Practice Group Development Committee.

Anne has recently formed her own Collaborative Practice Study Group of lawyers, financial professionals and mental health professionals, in order to support the development of Collaborative Practice in Toronto at the highest possible level. Anne is also a member of the Canadian Association of Women Executives & Entrepreneurs.

Anne was called to the bar of Ontario in 1981, and has the following credentials:

    •    BA (Honours Sociology), McGill University, Montreal
    •    JD (Juris Doctor, Law Degree), University of British Columbia
    •    Master of Laws Degree in Alternative Dispute Resolution,
          Osgoode Law School, York University, Toronto
    •    Advanced Training in Mediation, Arbitration and
         Collaborative Practice

In Anne’s leisure time she enjoys painting and is currently taking advanced courses in Abstract Painting.