Hilary Linton is a Toronto lawyer whose practice is restricted to providing mediation, arbitration, teaching and consulting services. She litigated family and civil disputes for 14 years and then obtained an LL.M. in ADR at Osgoode Hall Law School. She used that experience to launch her ADR business, Riverdale Mediation, which specializes in family mediation and arbitration, teaching mediation and negotiation theory and skills, and private training and consulting for corporations, government and individuals.
Hilary A. Linton
Her teaching experience includes an appointment as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School for three years (Lawyer as Negotiator); twice teaching mediation and negotiation as a January Term Visiting Professor at the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law, most recently in January 2009 as the inaugural James G. McLeod Professor in Family Law; teaching family mediation and negotiation for several years for Toronto Advanced Professional Education (affiliated with St. Michael’s College in Toronto); teaching family law at Humber College; as well as teaching numerous courses for Riverdale Mediation, including Screening for Power Imbalances and Domestic Violence in Mediation and Arbitration; Family Law for Mental Health Professionals; Family Mediation and Negotiation; and Family Arbitration for Mental Health Professionals.
She was a judge for the final round of the inaugural Canadian National Mediation Advocacy Competition in Toronto. Hilary is past-chair of the ADR section of the Ontario Bar Association. She writes extensively on issues of mediation, arbitration, power and domestic violence, restorative justice and dispute resolution processes.
Hilary Linton
Hilary A. Linton
LL.B., LL.M.(ADR), Acc. FM
Hilary Linton is a Toronto lawyer whose practice is restricted to providing mediation, arbitration, teaching and consulting services. She litigated family and civil disputes for 14 years and then obtained an LL.M. in ADR at Osgoode Hall Law School. She used that experience to launch her ADR business, Riverdale Mediation, which specializes in family mediation and arbitration, teaching mediation and negotiation theory and skills, and private training and consulting for corporations, government and individuals.
Hilary A. Linton
She was a judge for the final round of the inaugural Canadian National Mediation Advocacy Competition in Toronto. Hilary is past-chair of the ADR section of the Ontario Bar Association. She writes extensively on issues of mediation, arbitration, power and domestic violence, restorative justice and dispute resolution processes.