Anya-Deane Tuthill Best

Anya-Deane is a partner at O’Flynn Weese. Her practice includes estate planning and estate administration. She works closely with accountants and financial planners to ensure the client’s estate plan is comprehensive and practical, and carefully considers family relationships to reduce any potential for conflict. She also acts as executor when needed on a variety of estates.

Anya-Deane also works closely with the O’Flynn Weese litigation team on estate matters and has successfully represented clients at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Anya-Deane is the current president of the Hastings and Prince Edward County Law Association, and has presented at conferences for the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Bar Association. She is a regular speaker about estate issues on behalf of local banks, financial planners and community groups, including the Chamber of Commerce, Belleville Police Service, Quinte Estate Planning Council, and the Quinte Coordinating Committee against Violence. She is also active on a number of local not-for-profit boards and fundraising committees.

Anya-Deane holds a Master’s Degree in Tax Law from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree in Industrial Relations from McGill University and obtained her LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2008.