Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
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Butter Torts: A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast is a unique podcast that connects listeners to stories of personal injury, recovery, and life in the aftermath of an injury. Hosted by our informative and entertaining lawyers, this podcast will take you on a journey exploring everything from legal matters to the human experience of pain and resilience.
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
4d ago
Brenda Agnew, your host, welcomes Adrienne Patterson to today’s episode. Adrienne is a former client who will share her experience working with the Gluckstein family. Adrianne participated in the Compassion Fatigue Conference of 2023, where she presented her story. Adrienne courageously shares her journey from recovering from a head injury and losing her career, to becoming a victim of sexual assault perpetrated by one of her physicians. Adrienne found her strength and purpose in speaking up for all of those who could not.
Key Takeaways:
[4:26] Adrienne shares some about her journey.
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Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
1M ago
Brenda Agnew, your host, welcomes Jan Marin to today’s conversation, where they discuss a new project that Gluckstein Lawyers is launching: The Post-Settelment Resource Guide, a guide for people at the end of their settlement. This guide is meant to assist everyone involved in putting a settlement together for an individual or a family that has been through a case. This tool is crucial for guardians to know how to manage settlement funds more effectively.
Key Takeaways:
[1:52] Brenda shares how she met Glucksteing Lawyers and later became part of the team.
[3:52] Jan provides ..read more
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
4M ago
Brenda Agnew, your host, welcomes Tiffany Lawand-Frasier as the co-host for today’s episode. Joining them is Dr. Matthew Galati, founder of Brain Changes Initiative and a survivor of a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. He researched how best to heal and created his own recovery protocol based on revolutionary new science around a brain-supporting lifestyle. Against all odds, he recovered fully to complete his medical training and has come full circle as a physician.
Key Takeaways:
[3:32] Tiffany shares the story of how she met Dr. Gallati.
[5:03] Dr. Gallati narrates the terrib ..read more
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
4M ago
Brenda Agnew, your host, has the pleasure of welcoming Lynne Harford to today’s conversation.
Lynne is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto. She is also certified as a Clinical Traumatologist and Art Therapist from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. Lynne has maintained a leadership role within The Social Work Consulting Group since she joined in 2008 and is The Director of Pediatrics within the practice. She brings with her almost 20 years of clinical pediatric knowledge and draws upon her vast experience and multitude of approac ..read more
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
7M ago
Brenda Agnew, your host, welcomes Vanshika Dhawan to today’s conversation about the importance of legal literacy.
Vanshika graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, earning her JD. While at law school, Vanshika volunteered with Advocates for Injured Workers and helped to provide legal support for clients in need. Additionally, she assisted with her expertise in advocacy and education in the areas of constitutional rights at the David Asper Centre. Vanshika was called to the bar in June 2023.
Prior to joining Jellinek Ellis Gluckstein, Vanshika articled at a litigation bou ..read more
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
7M ago
Brenda Agnew, your host, welcomes Linda O’Brien to today’s conversation. Linda joined the Gluckstein family from Evans Philp, where she was a Managing Partner, leading the team in insurance defense tort litigation. She is now a key member of our Sexual Abuse group with the Jellinek Ellis Gluckstein team, helping to advocate for survivors.
Linda has experience before all levels of courts in Ontario and before both the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) and private arbitrations. She has been a speaker at both legal and insurance industry-sponsored seminars. She is a past memb ..read more
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
7M ago
Brenda Agnew, your host, welcomes Bethany Nicholson to today’s episode to share the story of how she became interested in law and became the lawyer she is today.
Bethany joined Gluckstein Lawyers as a summer student in 2021 and returned as an articling student in 2022. She earned her J.D. from the University of Ottawa Law School in 2022.
While in law school, Bethany was the Vice President of the Health Law Students Association and was the Lead Coordinator of the Walker Health Law Moot. She also participated in various advocacy competitions, including the Nelligan O-Brien Payne Moot and the BLG ..read more
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
8M ago
Brenda Agnew, your host, welcomes Shannon Moroney to the podcast. Shannon is the author of Through the Glass, her own journey following the violent crimes and incarceration of her first husband., Out of The Shadow, and her newest book, Heal For Real: A Guided Journal to Forgiving Others―and Yourself by exploring what she calls the new f word: forgiveness.
Shannon is also an internationally recognized advocate of restorative justice, a powerful keynote speaker, one of the “world’s 50 most resilient people” (Global Resilience Project), a New York Times “Women in the World” rec ..read more
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
9M ago
Charles Guckstein, Managing Partner at Gluckstein Lawyers, is your solo host today; he will be discussing technology regarding security with the experts: Dr. Cain Elliott, Lead Futurist and Senior Vice President of Filevine, and Dean Sapp, Senior Vice President of the information security risk and compliance of Filevine. They will dive into security updates and information in the legal landscape that you can’t miss. Learn how to protect your legal firm and clients, from emails to hiring a cloud provider.
Key Takeaways:
[4:35] Cain shares his journey to Filevine.
[6:33] Dean t ..read more
Butter Torts | A Truly Canadian Legal Podcast
10M ago
Brenda Agnew is co-hosting today’s episode with Simona Jellineck. They have the privilege of welcoming Michael Battista to a thoughtful conversation.
With over 30 years of experience practicing immigration and refugee law, Michael is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law (Immigration and Refugee Protection). Michael worked with EGALE Canada and the Canadian government to extend the family class to same-sex couples under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and has appeared as a witness before Parliament on issues involving LGBTQ+ immig ..read more