Linda Silver Dranoff

Precedent-setting lawyer and writer Linda Silver Dranoff is a specialist in family law, known for her role in reforming family law to provide for the equal sharing of matrimonial assets and for advancing the cause of equality for Canadian women. She is the author of popular handbooks, including Every Canadian’s Guide to the Law. For 25 years, she was a legal columnist for Chatelaine magazine. She is the recipient of the Ontario Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award, the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, the Governor-General‘s Award in commemoration of the Person’s Case and the Law Society Medal, among others.