Samantha Biglou is a civil litigator at the law firm of Mason Caplan Dizgun and Roti LLP. Since 2014, Samantha has been served as an executive on the Ontario Bar Association’s Sole Small Firm and General Practice Section. In 2017, Samantha Biglou co-chaired the first annual Product Liability Conference on behalf of the Canadian Defence Lawyers Association. Samantha is also actively involved in the community and frequently volunteers to judge and mentor students in the elementary, undergraduate and graduate moot and mock trial programs.
Erin Cowling is a former large firm corporate litigator turned freelance lawyer and lawpreneur. She founded Flex Legal, a network of experienced freelance lawyers assisting sole practitioners, law firms, and in-house legal departments on a contract or project basis. Erin speaks regularly at events on alternative legal practices and the advancement of women in the legal profession and often addresses these topics in her award winning blog. She is also on the executive of the Ontario Bar Association’s Sole Small Firm and General Practice Section and Women Lawyers Forum.