Experience
Areas of Law
Civil Litigation, Class Actions, Insurance Law
Languages
English
First Year of Call
2002
Firm
2750-145 King St W
Toronto
ON
M5H 1J8
Phone #: 416-644-5351
Fax: (416) 598-3730
Website: www.counsel-toronto.com
Biography
Hovsep Afarian is a partner in the Litigation Group McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto. Hovsep’s practice focuses on providing legal opinions and written advocacy in class actions, complex commercial disputes and insurance matters. He has prepared legal arguments in significant cases, including at the Supreme Court of Canada. Hovsep’s publications have been cited by appellate courts across Canada.
Hovsep has served the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as a Judicial Research Lawyer and also as a Judicial Law Clerk. He has also worked in the Research Facility of the Ontario Court of Justice.
Hovsep received his BA (Hons.) (summa cum laude) in Political Science and English from York University in 1997. He received his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2000, where he was awarded the prestigious Hallett Scholarship.