Michael Feindel
BA, LLB, LLM
Qualification
- Bachelor of Arts (4-year)
- Bachelor of Laws
- Master of Laws
Professional Memberships
- Law Society of Ontario
- Ontario Crown Attorneys Association
- International Association of Prosecutors (IAP)
Michael Feindel is an Assistant Crown Attorney who was called to the Bar in 1997 and has specialized in the area of mental disorders and criminal law for the last twenty years. Mr. Feindel received his Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University and a Master of Laws in Constitutional Law from Osgoode Hall Law School. Since 2003, Mr. Feindel has held the position of ORB-Crown Coordinator for the Toronto Region, appearing regularly before the Ontario Review Board as counsel for the Attorney General. He also frequently lectures and provides professional training in Ontario and Nunavut to Crown Attorneys, defence counsel, judges, police, and medical practitioners on Review Board law and practice.
Research Synopsis
Criminal Law and Mental Disorder
Recent Publications
Feindel, Michael. “Mechanisms of ‘Return’ to Hospital Under the Ontario Review Board.” Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law. Edited by Anita Szigeti, Ruby Dhand, Dena Bonnet, Justice Jill R. Presser, LexisNexis 2024.
Feindel, Michael. “Musical Chairs: Patient Transfers Under Rule 13 of the Ontario Review Board.” Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law. Edited by Anita Szigeti, Ruby Dhand, Dena Bonnet, Justice Jill R. Presser, LexisNexis 2024.
Feindel, Michael. “Fugitation Under Part XX.1.,” Crown’s Newsletter, Vol. 8, December 2017.
Feindel, Michael. “The Charter and the Review Board: Relief or Burden?” LL.M. major research paper, Osgoode Law School, York University, Toronto, 2016.
Feindel, Michael. “Victim Impact Statements and the NCR Accused” in Honouring the Past, Shaping the Future, Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office, 25th Annual Report, May 2008.
Feindel, Michael. “At the Fringe of the Law: Oscillations in Assessing Fitness to Stand Trial,” paper presented to the 29th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Paris, July 2-8, 2005 (Int’l Academy of Law and Mental Health).
Feindel, Michael and Olivier Fuldauer. “A Manifest Revolution: Access and Specialization in Legal Education and Practice,” Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 4, 1995.