LINDA SILVER DRANOFF is a family lawyer in private practice, with 30 years of experience at every level of court. She is also a writer, activist, speaker and lecturer, with a special interest in legal, community, women’s and law reform issues. She spearheaded the reform movement that culminated in Ontario’s Family Law Act 1986, was Chatelaine magazine’s legal columnist for 25 years, and wrote the bestselling Every Woman’s Guide to the Law and Women in Canadian Law. Linda Silver Dranoff lives in Toronto with her husband.