Mercedes is a lawyer and founding partner at Perez Leinveer Procope LLP with extensive expertise in administrative and constitutional law, civil litigation and appeals. She has represented clients before a range of administrative tribunals and at all levels of court in Ontario, Federal Court, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Mercedes specializes in mental health/ capacity law, disability rights, elder law, sexual assault and Charter litigation. She has advocated for hundreds of clients before the Ontario Review Board and Consent and Capacity Board and is active in appeals from decisions of these tribunals. She has received numerous amicus curiae appointments from the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal and has been lead counsel in complex, high stake and precedent setting litigation, including coroner’s inquests and public inquiries.
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