In this remote presentation organized by the advocacy group Families Divided, attorney Brian Ludmer, BComm, LLB, delves into great detail about the subjects of memory science and false allegations and how they pertain to matters of family law, such as divorce and custody disputes.
Brian Ludmer is a Canadian family law attorney with a 32-year career, specializing in high conflict custody battles, denial of parenting time, and parental alienation (PA). He is a key contributor to the Parental Alienation Study Group’s newsletter, where he serves as the Legal Column Editor and Writer.
Brian is a recognized speaker on family law issues, frequently presenting on behalf of Family Access and other similar organizations. He has spoken at notable events such as the first International Conference of the Parental Alienation Study Group in Washington, D.C. in 2017, the Canadian PA Forum in 2009, and the first Annual Conference of the European Association of PA Practitioners in London in 2018. His talks often focus on the diagnosis and therapy of parental alienation, and he regularly engages with Ontario’s provincial hospital network on this subject.
In his legal work, Brian collaborates with attorneys and mental health professionals across the United States and Canada to support parents affected by high conflict custody cases. His efforts have influenced significant legal precedents in family law, particularly regarding equal parenting and parental alienation. He co-authored the book The High Conflict Custody Battle with Dr. Amy Baker and Dr. Michael Bone in 2015, which addresses all these issues extensively and has proven to be a valuable resource for many families all over the world.
Brian is a strong advocate for the rebuttable presumption of equal shared parenting as a solution to high conflict custody disputes. He co-founded the advocacy organization Lawyers for Shared Parenting and is an active member in several other family rights groups. As the legal advisor to the Canadian Centre for Equality, he drafted a detailed submission on equal shared parenting for the Justice Committee of the Canadian House of Commons and testified at the 2018 hearings on Bill C-78, which aims to amend Canada’s Divorce laws. He also played a crucial role in drafting Bill C-560, a 2014 proposal to reform family law that reached second reading in the Canadian Federal Parliament. Brian Ludmer continues to advocate for these reforms and anticipates further presentations to the Canadian Senate in the future.