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Golnaz Nayerahmadi

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Golnaz Nayerahmadi

Biography

Golnaz Nayerahmadi’s litigation practice centers on class actions and complex multi-plaintiff actions involving Crown liability, institutional abuse, professional liability, pharmaceuticals, product liability, mass torts, industrial disasters, securities misrepresentation, and consumer protection. She has represented clients in motions, applications, trials, and appeals across Ontario and Quebec courts, plus the Supreme Court of Canada. She maintains a commitment to pro bono work through the Innocence Project on wrongful convictions. She co-authored Class Actions in Canada: Cases, Notes, and Material (3d Ed) and chairs the Ontario Bar Association Class Action Executive. She is ranked by Chambers & Partners (2024–2026) and repeatedly by Lexpert, and has received Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2023–2026) for Class Action Litigation. She holds dual common law and civil law degrees from McGill University and an Honours Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from the University of Toronto (Ethics, Society and Law Prize).

Areas of Practice

  • Class Actions
  • Civil and Commercial Litigation

Education & Bar Admissions

  • LL.B. / B.C.L., McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal, 2014
  • Academic Exchange / LL.M. Course, Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague, Czech Republic, 2013
  • Honours B.A. with High Distinction (Ethics, Society & Law; English), University of Toronto, Trinity College, 2010
  • Called to the Bar, Ontario, 2015

Speaking Engagements & Publications

  • Speaker, 17th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, “Living with Change: The 2020 CPA and 2026 Proposed Rules,” November 25, 2025
  • Speaker, Advocates Society, “Superiority? Complex!: Developments in Preferable Procedure,” February 27, 2025
  • Speaker, 16th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, “Framing and defending liability for multiple alleged wrongdoers,” December 4, 2024
  • Speaker, 17th Annual Conference on Crown Liability, Osgoode Hall Law School, “Update on Class Proceedings and Crown Liability in Negligence,” April 24, 2024
  • Co-Chair, 15th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, OBA Class Actions Law Program, December 1, 2023
  • Speaker, OBA Young Lawyers Division Program, “Effective Use of Business Records and Visual Aids,” May 12, 2023
  • Moderator, 19th National Symposium on Class Actions, Osgoode Hall Law School, “View from the Bench,” April 28, 2023
  • Co-Chair, OBA Civil Litigation Program, Advocacy Primer Part 1: Summary Trial and Summary Judgment, April 25, 2023
  • Moderator, 14th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, “Class Actions on Trial: Litigating the Merits,” December 1, 2022
  • Guest Speaker, Osgoode Hall Law School, Class Actions Seminar, “The Representative Plaintiff in Class Actions,” September 13, 2022
  • Speaker, OBA Class Actions Law Program, “Fundamentals of Class Actions Law: Pleadings and Pre-Certification Issues,” June 27, 2022
  • Speaker, 15th Annual Conference on Crown Liability, “Class Actions: Updates for 2022 and Beyond,” April 22, 2022
  • Publication: “‘Protecting What Matters Most’: Crown Immunity at the Cost of Accountability?” (2021), 52 Adv. Q. 24 at 242
  • Guest Speaker, Osgoode Hall Law School, “Labour Law and Governance of Global Supply Chains,” December 4, 2021
  • Guest Speaker, Queen’s Law School, Class Actions Seminar, “Securities Class Actions,” November 9, 2021
  • Speaker, The Advocates’ Society, Eleventh Annual Securities Symposium, “Recent Developments in Securities Class Actions,” September 23, 2021
  • Speaker, Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario, “Misrepresentations and Corrective Disclosures under the Securities Act,” September 22, 2021
  • Speaker, “Access to Justice and Class Actions in England and Wales,” Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, May 7, 2021
  • Speaker, Law Society of Ontario, “Class Actions: Update for Litigators 2021,” January 22, 2021
  • Speaker, OBA Class Actions Law Program, “Pandemic-Related Class Actions,” May 27, 2020
  • Speaker, The Advocates’ Society, “Top Class Actions Cases of 2019,” January 20, 2020
  • Guest Speaker, Osgoode Hall Law School LL.M., “Transnational Labour Law and the Global Supply Chain,” December 7, 2019

Professional Involvement

  • Ontario Bar Association, Class Actions Practice Group, Executive — Member-at-Large (2021–2024), Vice-Chair (2024–2025), Chair (2025–2026)
  • Ontario Bar Association, Civil Litigation Practice Group, Executive — Member-at-Large (2021–present)
  • Warren K. Winkler Class Actions Moot, Osgoode Hall Law School — Coach (2019–2021)
  • Advocates’ Society, Class Actions Practice Group, Executive — Member-at-Large (2019–2020)
  • Canadian Bar Association, Constitutional and Human Rights Section, Executive — Member-at-Large (2017–2018)

Languages

  • Farsi (fluent)
  • French (proficient)