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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.This panel will primarily focus on the mental health of lawyers and thus address a number of Professionalism matters. Educating lawyers about the availability of services which promote mental health for practitioners.
Doron Gold is a Staff Clinician at Homewood Health, the provider of the Ontario legal profession's Member Assistance Program. He is a Registered Social Worker, Certified Professional Coach and psychotherapist, as well as having previously practiced law for 10 years, primarily as a family and civil litigator. Prior to working at Homewood Health, Doron spent almost 7 years working at the Ontario Lawyers’ Assistance Program (OLAP). Doron assists lawyers, paralegals, law students, judges and their immediate family members with personal and professional issues such as addiction, depression, anxiety and career stress. Doron’s role at Homewood Health includes psychotherapy with clients, assisting with the ongoing management of Homewood’s peer volunteer program as well as providing workshops and presentations to various groups in the community. Doron has written and been quoted extensively in publications such as Lawyers’ Weekly, Law Times, Canadian Lawyer and LawPro Magazine on various topics related to lawyer distress and wellness. As well, Doron writes a regular bi-monthly “Lawyer Therapist” column in Law Times. Doron has been asked to speak to various groups throughout Ontario on topics as varied as Work-Life Balance, Lawyer Stress 101, Retirement, Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue. He is the co-author of the Canadian Bar Association’s “Mental Health and Wellness in the Legal Profession” online course and is the recipient of the 2016 CBA Wellness Forum Award of Excellence.
Anne-Marie McElroy is a sole practitioner who practises exclusively criminal law. She completed her undergrad at the University of King’s College in Halifax and graduated from Ottawa University with her law degree in 2009. She practised at Hale Criminal Law Office and May & Konyer before founding McElroy Law in 2015. Anne-Marie is a director for the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa and a member of the Community Adult Justice Network. Her blog won a 2015 Canadian Law Blog Award (Clawbie) for Best New Blog and a 2016 Clawbie for Best Practitioner Blog.
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