About Us

Djawid Taheri, B.A., M.A., LL.B./J.D., LL.M.

416-369-0706

dtaheri@taherilaw.ca

Djawid Taheri is a practicing lawyer in Ontario with degrees of Juris Doctor (1999) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto. He also holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and a combined-discipline Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Psychology. Recently, he completed additional professional and legal training at Harvard University Law School in 2013 and Yale University in 2014. Mr. Taheri is the founder of Taheri Law Office, the first Afghan-Canadian law firm in Canada.

Mr. Taheri practices criminal law, immigration and refugee law, and real estate law. He is licensed to practice law in Canada and is a member of the Ontario Bar. He regularly appears before the Ontario Court of Justice, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Federal Court of Canada, Immigration and Refugee Board, and other courts and tribunals.

Mr. Taheri has appeared in numerous radio and television programs in Canada, and has been quoted in various legal and mainstream newspapers and magazines.

Mr. Taheri has dedicated a great deal of time and energy in providing charitable and pro bono services in the community as a legal representative or advisor to individuals as well as charitable non-governmental organizations. In addition, he is a founding member of the Afghan-Canadian Bar Association, a legal professional organization for Afghan-Canadian lawyers.

He has served as a member of the Board of Directors or a legal advisor to several community and non-governmental organizations, including the following:

• The Afghan Canadian Bar Association
• Afghan Association of Ontario
• Young Professionals Committee at International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF)
• Canada-Afghanistan Business Council
• Canadian Afghan Centre for War-Affected Children

As a guest speaker and panelist, Mr. Taheri has appeared on the following television and radio programs:

• CBC’s Newsworld
• CBC’s Counter Spin
• CBC’s Metro Morning
• Global Television’s Global National
• CTV’s CTV News
• CTV’s Chatroom
• CFMT’s South Asia Newsweek
• Rogers Television
• TV Ontario’s More to Life
• Vision TV’s and CTS’s the Muslim Chronicle
• Omni TV’s Afghan Hindara Television Show
• CFRB 1010’s Randy Taylor Radio Show
• CKLN 88.1 FM’s Word of Mouth

For several years, Mr. Taheri has appeared as the resident expert in legal matters for Sabawoon Radio and Television Show in the Greater Toronto Area.

He has also been interviewed by, and quoted in local, national, and international newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun, the Boston Herald, Zarnigar, the Multicultural Voice, and Watan Weekly.

Mr. Taheri has written on a variety of legal and political issues, including immigration law, criminal law, real estate law, corporate business law, international human rights law, Islamic law, and international affairs. His writings have been regularly featured in a multitude of ethnic newspapers. He also regularly delivers lectures and presentations to community organizations and school boards on various areas of the law.

Mr. Taheri is fluent in the English, Dari, and Farsi languages and possesses working knowledge of Pashtu language.

The following are some of Mr. Taheri’s articles and publications:

• Impetus for Systemic Change: The use of Gladue principles beyond bail and sentencing
• Shari’a as Guardian of Women’s Rights? Instituting Faith-Based Family Law Dispute Resolution for Muslims in Ontario
• ‘Brandeis Brief’ and constitutional litigation
• The Supreme Court of Canada and the laws of public interest standing and intervention
• Criminal Law and the Charter: Implications and Expectations
• Frustrating Independence in the Name of Consistency: An Analysis of the IRB’s Policy on the Use of Jurisprudential Guides
• Reconstructing the Road to Justice: An analysis of the organization and operations of the 47 Sheppard Courthouse and recommendations for administrative change
• Division, Dissension, Unification: A comparative analysis of Justice Zuber Report and the Report of the Law Reform Commission of Canada relative to the reform of Court Structure and Organization
• Towards Upholding the Virtue of Justice: A briefing note to the Federal Attorney General suggesting procedural changes for relieving trial delay
• A Place Within: A critical analysis of Martin Friedland’s report on Judicial Independence in Canada
• The Divine Path to Administering Justice: An analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Islamic legal system as employed in Saudi Arabia
• Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Islamic Judicial System: Analyzing justice administration in the Saudi Arabian Islamic court system
• Obstruction of Justice: Court Delay and Court Delay Reduction
• Beyond the Paradoxical Confines: An analysis of Islamic Law relative to the status of women
• Canada’s Gatekeepers: An analysis of past and present refugee determination processes in Canada
• Re-inventing the Road Towards Administering Justice: An analysis of Trial Court Performance Standards
• The Danger Lurking Beneath the Banner of Democracy
• A Walk Along the Old Path: A critical analysis of Richard Nadeau and Andre Blais’ “Explaining Election Outcomes in Canada”
• A Threat from Within: An examination of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
• An Examination of the Platonic conception of Justice for the politics of the Just City
• Beneath the Façade of National Interest: An  overview of special interest groups in Canada
• From Keynesianism to Milton Friedman: Monetarism and the economic ideology of the New Right
• Power and Politics in a liberal capitalist democracy
• In Refute of a Global Community of Humankind

Articles published in community newspapers:

• Your Rights: Criminal Investigations, Arrests, Searches, and Detention
• Legal Implications of Violating Women’s Rights
• An Analysis of Mortgage Types in Canada – Part One
• An Analysis of Mortgage Types in Canada – Part Two
• On Business and Commercial Leases
• New Legislation Announced on Franchised Businesses
• Risks and Benefits of Purchasing a Franchised Businesses
• Types of Business Structure in Canada
• Stagnation and Decline in the Canadian Economy
• Just When You Thought You Were All Taxed Out
• Has Toronto’s Economy Really Collapsed?
• Property Taxes at the City of Toronto
• Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities in Ontario
• Immigration: Immigrant Youth and Education
• Appeal Procedures for Refused Sponsorship Applications
• Changes Underway to Canadian Immigration Laws
• A Historical Overview and Analysis of Canadian Immigration Laws and Procedures
• How CSIS Operates in Canada
• On Sponsorship Applications
• How to Obtain Work Visa in the US?
• Illusive Identity: Canada’s Multicultural Model
• On Divorce and Separation
• Protecting Children’s Rights