Abbey (Junior) Sirivar is a partner in our Litigation Group in Toronto, having articled with the firm before his call to the bar. Mr. Sirivar's wide-ranging civil litigation practice has included commercial disputes, mining cases, professional negligence and insurance cases.
He has acted as trial and appellate counsel, appearing before all levels of court in Ontario, administrative tribunals and arbitral panels. He has tried both jury and non-jury cases as lead and co-counsel.
Mr. Sirivar's recent experience includes:
· successful representation of a pediatric surgeon in a civil trial before a jury;
· successful representation of an Ontario regional county in a cost services dispute with a city;
· successful representation of a US precious metals mining company in a contractual dispute concerning royalties in an expedited trial;
· participating in the restructuring of a Canadian-based industrial group and one of Canada's leading steel producers; and
· obtaining an order granted by the European Court of Human Rights on violations of numerous articles and protocols of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Mr. Sirivar is a recipient of a 2010 Lexpert Zenith Award honouring him for pro bono activities.
Mr. Sirivar is a frequent author and speaker on litigation topics and pro bono initiatives. He has presented CLE seminars at Ontario Bar Association conferences on pre-trial remedies and discovery skills. He also delivers seminars on legal issues of informed consent at the University of Toronto Medical School. He regularly publishes articles on topics such as D&O insurance coverage, reasonable expectations and case outcomes.
Mr. Sirivar currently sits on the board of directors of the Child Development Institute, a Toronto-based non-profit organization that provides universal prevention and healthy child development programs, as well as early-intervention programs targeted to vulnerable or at-risk children and families.
Mr. Sirivar received his BA (Hons.) from Bishop's University in 1999 and his LLB from Dalhousie University in 2002. He is a member of the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations. He was called to the Ontario bar in 2003.