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Esther* is Manager of the Healthcare Practice at Lenczner Slaght. She turns§ every experience into a lesson. Having lived across three continents, she’s learned that trust is built in small moments and that showing up with genuine curiosity opens doors that expertise alone can’t. She brings that same openness to every collaboration – listening before solving and making space for people to work through challenges. She believes human connection is at the heart of good work. That mindset carries into how she turns challenges into opportunity . When she moved to Canada as a seasoned lawyer over a decade ago, she navigated the rigorous process of securing equivalency and joining the Law Society of Ontario while rebuilding her professional network from the ground up. It’s the kind of resilience she brings to everything she does. Esther has spent years leading high-functioning teams of allied professionals through demanding, high-stakes work, and she knows how to make complex work feel manageable and keep things moving when it matters most. .

Expertise

  • Bar Admissions:
    • Ontario (2013)
    • England and Wales (2006) Solicitor License
  • Education:
    • National Committee on Accreditation (Ontario) (2012) (Certificate of Qualification)
    • College of Law (UK) (2004) Legal Practice Certificate
    • University of Manchester (2003) BA (Honours – Law and Politics)

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Esther Nwator (she/her)

is Manager of the Healthcare Practice at Lenczner Slaght.

Esther supports a team of allied litigation professionals, drawing on her legal and regulatory expertise to remove obstacles, advance the firm’s priorities, and create conditions where the team can do their best work. She oversees our high-volume practice while ensuring the highest standards of service and client deliverables.

Esther is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales and the Law Society of Ontario. Prior to joining Lenczner Slaght, she gained more than 15 years of experience as a lawyer and regulatory expert, working across the U.K. and Canada. She is experienced in high-accountability regulatory and legal environments, including acting as legal counsel to healthcare professionals and their indemnifiers in both jurisdictions. She also spent nearly a decade at Canada's largest healthcare regulator, where she recruited, trained, and led a large team of investigators while supporting statutory committees through education and guidance.

Esther has represented healthcare professionals at the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal, as well as before regulators and tribunals. She co-facilitated the Transition to Clerkship course at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine (Mississauga Academy of Medicine) in 2015 and 2016 and served as member-at-large and newsletter editor on the Ontario Bar Association Health Law Section Executive in 2018 and 2019.

Esther brings a longstanding commitment to professional regulation, health law, and client-centered service.

  • Ontario Bar Association - Health Law Section Executive, Member-at-Large (2017-2018), Newsletter Editor (2018-2019)

  • Canadian Bar Association - Member, Working Group on Cannabis Regulations (2017-2018)

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