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Justice Deborah Chappel presents new duties for family law lawyers as a result of changes to the legislation, family violence, and initialization of parties’ names vs the concept of open courts. Justice Chappel is a well-respected Judge in the Superior Court of Justice who continuously supports our conference. Her presentations are always well organized and thought out. She will be speaking on a number of issues that are relevant and important including new duties for family law lawyers as a result of changes to the legislation, family violence and initialization of parties’ names vs the concept of open courts. These topics will touch upon the following responsibilities, client service, ethical advocacy and EDI:
Justice Deborah Chappel sits in the Superior Court’s family division in Hamilton. Justice Chappel received her BA from the University of Toronto in 1986. She received her LLB from Queen’s University in 1989 and her LLM from the University of Toronto in 1991. She was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1992. She was a member of the Bar of British Columbia from 1996 – 2000. She was a sole practitioner since 2006. She was in-house legal counsel for the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Office of the Children’s Lawyer from 2008 – 2009. Justice Chappel was also with the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto from 1997 – 2000; the Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia, Family Law Group, from 1996 – 1997; and for the Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton-Wentworth from 1992 – 1996. Her main areas of practice were general matrimonial law, Child protection law, administration law, education law, major areas of tort law, Aboriginal law and law relating to institutional/government liability.