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Bad Bosses, Worse Clients & Scary Judges

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Credits
Professionalism (Ethics, etc.): 1.5
90 minutes
Published
2023
Presenter(s)
Neha Chugh
Erin Durant
Maureen McKay
David Parry
Fariya Walji
Source
Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA)
Provider
CPDOnline.ca
Language
English
Length
90 minutes
Price
$349.00 plus tax

Bad Boss? Check. Worse client? Check. Scary Judge? Check.

We know. It can really suck sometimes. Maybe it seems like you can’t do anything right, or you feel helpless and frustrated. And civility? It’s gone out the window. How can you deal with difficult people and situations when you already have a challenging job? Learning to navigate challenging personalities and tough situations is vital to keeping your sanity and succeeding in law. Join our exceptional panel of leading lawyers who can say, “Been there, done that”, with confidence. Learn practical tools and strategies as they share their lessons learned the hard way, to help you find your own way through.

Presenters

Neha Chugh

Neha Chugh graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Social Development Studies and Social Work from the University of Waterloo, and completed a Master’s degree in Planning from the University of Guelph. Her passion for community development and social policy led her to Osgoode Hall Law School where she focused on criminal law, family law, and children and the law. Neha completed her articles with senior criminal defence counsel in downtown Toronto, and was called to the Bar in 2011. Her practice started in Eastern Ontario with a distinct focus on driving offences – Impaired Driving, Over 80, Refuse Breath Sample, and Dangerous Driving cases. Since then she has expanded her practice to cover all areas of Criminal Law.

Erin Durant

Erin Durant is a litigator at Borden Ladner Gervais in Ottawa. She accepts retainers to defend professional negligence, officers' and directors' liability, property damage, personal injury and insurance coverage claims on behalf of insurers. She has represented title insurers in real property disputes and coverage litigation as well as other lawyers in negligence claims and disciplinary proceedings. She has appeared in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court and before the Law Society Tribunal. In her labour and employment practice, Erin works with a national team of lawyers to advise employers on union certification, bargaining, corporate transactions, employee terminations, arbitrations, wrongful dismissals (including insured claims), interest arbitrations and human rights complaints. Erin is a member of the Advocates' Society's Young Lawyers' Standing Committee and is past-chair of the Canadian Defence Lawyers' Young Lawyers Division. Erin was a member of The Advocates' Society's task forces on trials that published the Best Practices for Civil Trials and the Advocates' Society's Courts Technology Task Force that contributed to the Paperless Trials Manual. She is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Early Career Roundtable.

Maureen McKay

David Parry

Fariya Walji