OBA Women Lawyer’s Forum PROGRAM | ON Demand
Original Program Date: April 30, 2025

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Over the last decade, the Women Lawyer’s Forum has had the pleasure and privilege of hosting many exceptional female lawyers, as we celebrated their achievements and learned from the struggles they overcame at our award-winning Pathways to Power series.  

This year, join us to honour the 10th anniversary of Pathways to Power as we continue the tradition of supporting women lawyers and sharing the advice of those who have risen above and navigated the path to success. You’ll hear from our panel of highly respected female lawyers as they share stories of their own career struggles and victories, of the harassment and discrimination they faced, and how they have risen above those challenges to achieve success and power in their own ways. Find community in their accounts of what it took to get to where they are now, and inspiration for your path forward. 

Following the panel, continue the conversation over dinner with the faculty and your fellow attendees as we recognize the continued accomplishments of women on their pathways to power.

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Angela Ogang, AngeLaw
Linda Silver Dranoff 

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Janice Rubin, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Rubin Thomlinson LLP (moderator)
Patricia DeGuire, Chief Commissioner, Ontario Human Rights Commission
Julie Hannaford, President, JK Hannaford Barristers
Martha McCarthy, Founding Partner, McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP 
Alexi Wood, Founding Partner, St Lawerence Barristers PC

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Angela Ogang, AngeLaw
Linda Silver Dranoff
Eni Eski, Managing Partner, Lundy Levy Eski Baum 
Nandi Deterville, Founder, Deterville Law Office
Myra Sivalogonathan, Counsel, Department of Justice Canada
Sharon Sam, Partner, Margie Strub Construction Law LLP