Beth Beattie
Lawyer · Advocate
Beth Beattie is a Canadian lawyer and mental-health advocate who serves as senior counsel with Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General. Alongside her health-law practice, she has spoken extensively about mental illness in the legal profession and worked on initiatives intended to reduce stigma and isolation among lawyers. [1][3]
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Career and work
Beattie was called to the Ontario Bar in 1994. She is Senior Counsel with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, where she has a broad health-law litigation practice including human rights, forensic and civil mental health, coroner’s inquests and related health-law matters. Before entering the public sector, she practised litigation at Fasken and later worked as in-house counsel at a large financial institution. [2][3]
She holds a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in alternative dispute resolution. Since 2021, she has co-chaired the Law Society of Ontario’s annual Mental Health Summit for Legal Professionals, which now reaches thousands of legal professionals each year. [3][7][1]
Beattie also co-edited and contributed to The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in the Legal Profession, a collection of first-person accounts from members of the legal profession. In 2022, she received the Law Society Medal. [3][4]
What has been publicly discussed
“I have an illness. I’m getting treated. I’m going to be better.“
— Beth Beattie [6]