Anita Lerek is founder, president and general counsel of Advocate Placement Ltd. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1981. She was in private practice until 1991, specializing in employment and trademark law. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Anita worked as a community college teacher, a book editor, and a literary agent. She has an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Toronto. In 1986 she helped found Advocate Placement Ltd., a lawyers-only human resources service specializing in consulting and lawyer recruitment, contract, permanent and merger, throughout Canada. Since 1991 she has worked exclusively for Advocate Placement.

Ms. Lerek is past chair of the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) Law Practice Management Section, and is on the executive of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Toronto Chapter. She has taught the Practice Management and Professional Responsibility course in the Bar Admissions Program (Ontario). Ms Lerek is a speaker on numerous panels and workshops relating to lawyer marketing, human resources, and career management. She has a special interest in and gives priority to, candidate advocacy.

Anita has a strong attachment to history, especially holocaust studies. She is a published short story writer, as well as an art lover and an enthusiastic art tour guide. She is an active and long-standing member of a fine arts board that produces a high volume of fine art exhibits per year.

Anita is married to an archivist, and has a child who is suddenly an adult and in Management Studies at McGill.