The promotion places her in the LFO's senior leadership line-up
The Law Foundation of Ontario has promoted Remissa Hirji to director and counsel of its class proceedings committee.
Hirji joined the foundation as the committee’s first-ever associate counsel in 2019. She worked closely with committee members in managing the class action funding applications received by the class proceedings fund. Hirji will continue to do so in her role as counsel.
As the director, Hirji is now a member of the senior leadership team tasked to set and implement key organizational strategies and priorities of the Law Foundation of Ontario.
Hirji is an experienced class action lawyer who has represented clients before the courts of Ontario and Quebec and the Supreme Court of Canada. Her expertise includes consumer protection, investor protection, product liability, privacy and pharmaceutical litigation.
Before joining the foundation, Hirji was most recently a lawyer at Charney Lawyers and Rochon Genova. She is a graduate of Queen’s Law, where she won several awards for academic achievement and contributions to Queen’s legal aid. She was called to the bar in 2012.
Beyond her main line of work, Hirji also sits on the executive of the Ontario Bar Association’s class actions law section and is frequently invited to speak on topics related to class actions.
“We’re delighted to have Remissa move into this role,” said Paul Evraire, chair of the Class Proceedings Committee. “Remissa has proven herself a strong leader and strategic thinker. The committee has and will continue to benefit from her sound legal analysis and expert advice.”
Established in 1992, the class proceedings committee is responsible for deciding whether applicants involved in public interest class will receive financial support from the class proceedings fund.
The Law Foundation of Ontario and the Attorney General each appoint one member of the class proceedings committee and jointly appoint the other three, with the members independent of the appointing bodies.
