Guest Speaker: Julius Melnitzer

As a Toronto-based legal affairs writer and editor, Julius draws extensively from my 17 years as a practicing trial lawyer, as well as his 25 years as a legal affairs journalist. With over 200 appearances in the Ontario Court of Appeal and regular mandates in the Supreme Court of Canada, and his time as a trial and appellate lawyer, gave him a strong foundation and ready access to extensive legal knowledge, which he has incorporated into my writing in the years since.

Julius has been published in most of the major dailies in Canada, including a regular column for the National Post and articles for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and Ottawa Citizen. His work has also appeared in virtually every major Canadian trade journal with a focus on law and the business of law, including Lexpert, Canadian Lawyer, Law Times, Benefits Canada, and The Lawyer’s Daily, as well as in various US and UK publications. To date, he has more than 3,200 articles in print and has written two books: Maximum, Minimum, Medium: An Account of my Experiences with Canada’s Prison System, and Dirty White Collar: A Novel.

Over the last few years he has worked with national and regional law firms in a number of capacities—namely, writer, editor, ghostwriter, and public relations consultant—to produce content ranging from White Papers to website articles, from conference coverage to media strategy.