DICKSON APPELL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Estates Law, Trust, Capacity Litigation & Health Law View Profile
Cheryl has been a member of a number of advisory committees and panels considering changes to adoption legislation and implementation issues and has made numerous presentations on legal and ethical issues in relation to adoption to lawyers, social workers, and adoption licensees/agencies. Cheryl has also been involved in the preparation of guidelines and training manuals for various professional groups whose work is touched by these issues.
Cheryl was a member of the Expert Panel on Infertility and Adoption for the Province of Ontario, as well as co-chair of the Adoption Working Group of the said Panel. The report of the said Panel, entitled "Raising Expectations" was released in 2009.
Job Titles:
- Trust, Capacity Litigation & Mediator View Profile
Mary Louise was an elected Bencher of the Law Society, and a member of the federal Human Rights Commission. She was a past Chair of the Trusts and Estates Section, Ontario Bar Association, and a President of the Estate Planning Council of Toronto. Mary Louise co-authored Ontario Estates Practice and The Wills Book, in addition to countless papers and publications. She was very often an instructor, speaker and seminar leader for numerous professional groups, including the Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations and the Law Society.
Mary Louise was a Director of many important organizations, both within the practice of law and within the greater community. Among the many organizations that had the benefit of her directorship were the Centre for Independent Living, Lyndhurst Hospital, Canadian Paraplegic Association, Bishop Strachan School (her alma mater), Ontario March of Dimes, Camp Awakening, and more recently Toronto Summer Music.
Mary Louise, named Queen's Counsel in 1983, was also the recipient of many awards and recognitions, among them the Order of Ontario, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Gold Key Award, Osgoode Hall Law School President's Award, Women's Law Association of Ontario, the Distinguished Old Girls Award from Bishop Strachan School, and the Award for Distinguished Service, Canadian Bar Association.
Job Titles:
- Family Law & Collaborative