Lori Duffy, LL.B. (Ottawa) 1982, LL.M. (Osgoode Hall) 2009 and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1984. Ms. Duffy is a partner at WeirFoulds LLP where she heads the firm's Estates, Trusts, Charties practice. Her practice includes all areas of trusts, wills and estate administration, including work under the Substitute Decisions Act. Lori is the Ontario Editor of the "Estate & Trust Reports" (Carswell). Lori also authors an electronic newsletter through Carswell publications called, "WeirFoulds Estates & Trusts". Lori was co-editor of the Ontario Bar Association Trusts and Estates section newsletter "Deadbeat" and was the editor of "Without Prejudice", the Women's Law Association newsletter (1989-91). Lori is a member of the Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners. Lori is also a Past President of the Canadian Association of Women Executives and Entrepreneurs; a former member of the Executive of the Women's Law Association of Ontario; and the former Vice-Chairperson of the Real Property Section of the Ontario Bar Association. She has been a seminar instructor at the Bar Admission Course, has lectured in many seminars for the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Institute, the International Bar Association, and regularly addresses community groups.
