Halla Ahmed
Associate
Halla is an associate in the Health Law and Specialty Risk and Insurance practice groups in the Toronto office of Lerners LLP. Her practice focuses on professional liability, constitutional, and class action law matters.
Areas of Expertise
Administrative and Public Law
Class Actions
Health Law
Professional Regulation and Liability
Sexual Assault and Abuse
Specialty Risk and Insurance
Education
Member, Law Society of British Columbia, 2022
Member, Law Society of Ontario, 2021
Juris Doctor, University of Ottawa, 2020 (cum laude)
Honours Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto, 2016 (with high distinction)
Recipient of Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award, Dean’s List Scholar for High Academic Achievement, Victoria College In-Course Scholarship.
Education
Member, Law Society of British Columbia, 2022
Member, Law Society of Ontario, 2021
Juris Doctor, University of Ottawa, 2020 (cum laude)
Honours Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto, 2016 (with high distinction)
Recipient of Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award, Dean’s List Scholar for High Academic Achievement, Victoria College In-Course Scholarship.
Education
Member, Law Society of British Columbia, 2022
Member, Law Society of Ontario, 2021
Juris Doctor, University of Ottawa, 2020 (cum laude)
Honours Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto, 2016 (with high distinction)
Recipient of Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award, Dean’s List Scholar for High Academic Achievement, Victoria College In-Course Scholarship.
Publications and Presentations
Somali Professionals, Redefining Influence: Somali Women in Leadership Forum
Ontario Bar Association, Keeping up with the Case Law: Monthly Series
Ontario Bar Association’s 16th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, Diversity in Class Actions: EDI in the Courtroom
Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association, Bay Street Academy: Articling Bootcamp, Preparing You for Life as an Articling Student
Visionary Voices: Somali Youth Career Expo, Moot Court Workshop
Publications and Presentations
Somali Professionals, Redefining Influence: Somali Women in Leadership Forum
Ontario Bar Association, Keeping up with the Case Law: Monthly Series
Ontario Bar Association’s 16th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, Diversity in Class Actions: EDI in the Courtroom
Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association, Bay Street Academy: Articling Bootcamp, Preparing You for Life as an Articling Student
Visionary Voices: Somali Youth Career Expo, Moot Court Workshop
Publications and Presentations
Somali Professionals, Redefining Influence: Somali Women in Leadership Forum
Ontario Bar Association, Keeping up with the Case Law: Monthly Series
Ontario Bar Association’s 16th Annual Class Actions Colloquium, Diversity in Class Actions: EDI in the Courtroom
Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association, Bay Street Academy: Articling Bootcamp, Preparing You for Life as an Articling Student
Visionary Voices: Somali Youth Career Expo, Moot Court Workshop
Representative Work
Dang v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 BCSC 1143 – class counsel in proposed class action concerning ss. 2, 7, 8 and 9 Charter breaches – prior to joining Lerners.
Steinberg v Adderley, 2024 ONCA 167 – successful appeal upholding interest on litigation loans – prior to joining Lerners.
Crisci v Vancouver Island Health Authority, 2023 BCSC 1883 – successful summary judgment in favour of our client, the defendant physician, in a defamation claim – prior to joining Lerners.
College of Chiropractors of British Columbia v Health Professions Review Board, 2023 BCSC 529 – counsel for the College in a judicial review – prior to joining Lerners.
College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia v Health Professions Review Board, 2022 BCSC 941 – counsel for the College in a judicial review – prior to joining Lerners.
Representative Work
Dang v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 BCSC 1143 – class counsel in proposed class action concerning ss. 2, 7, 8 and 9 Charter breaches – prior to joining Lerners.
Steinberg v Adderley, 2024 ONCA 167 – successful appeal upholding interest on litigation loans – prior to joining Lerners.
Crisci v Vancouver Island Health Authority, 2023 BCSC 1883 – successful summary judgment in favour of our client, the defendant physician, in a defamation claim – prior to joining Lerners.
College of Chiropractors of British Columbia v Health Professions Review Board, 2023 BCSC 529 – counsel for the College in a judicial review – prior to joining Lerners.
College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia v Health Professions Review Board, 2022 BCSC 941 – counsel for the College in a judicial review – prior to joining Lerners.
Representative Work
Dang v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 BCSC 1143 – class counsel in proposed class action concerning ss. 2, 7, 8 and 9 Charter breaches – prior to joining Lerners.
Steinberg v Adderley, 2024 ONCA 167 – successful appeal upholding interest on litigation loans – prior to joining Lerners.
Crisci v Vancouver Island Health Authority, 2023 BCSC 1883 – successful summary judgment in favour of our client, the defendant physician, in a defamation claim – prior to joining Lerners.
College of Chiropractors of British Columbia v Health Professions Review Board, 2023 BCSC 529 – counsel for the College in a judicial review – prior to joining Lerners.
College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia v Health Professions Review Board, 2022 BCSC 941 – counsel for the College in a judicial review – prior to joining Lerners.
Memberships
Member, The Advocates’ Society
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Group of Racialized (Ontario) Women Litigators (GROWL)
Memberships
Member, The Advocates’ Society
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Group of Racialized (Ontario) Women Litigators (GROWL)
Memberships
Member, The Advocates’ Society
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Group of Racialized (Ontario) Women Litigators (GROWL)
About Halla
Halla is an associate in the Health Law and Specialty Risk and Insurance practice groups in the Toronto office of Lerners LLP. Her practice focuses on professional liability, constitutional, and class action law matters.
Prior to working at Lerners LLP, Halla worked at a prominent civil litigation boutique in Toronto, where she gained extensive experience in commercial, constitutional, health, insurance, and class action law matters. She also served as a judicial law clerk at the Superior Court of Justice, Central West Region, where she supported judges with trials, motions, judicial review and statutory appeals, and case conferences, as well as in preparations for legal education seminars and presentations.
Halla provides excellent written and oral advocacy and has broad experience representing clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters before professional regulatory bodies, tribunals, and superior and appellate courts. Halla has appeared before all levels of court, tribunals, and professional regulatory bodies in both Ontario and British Columbia on administrative, constitutional, and insurance law matters. She has also assisted lead counsel on trials, judicial reviews, certification hearings, and appeals before the Ontario, B.C., and Alberta superior and appellate courts.
In her spare time, Halla is active in community advocacy. She regularly volunteers for Pro Bono Ontario’s free legal advice hotline and organizes and participates in community events that focus on youth civic engagement, inclusivity in the legal profession, and mentorship for Black and Muslim youth. To this end, Halla sits on the boards of Say Somaali, a Black, youth-led organization that supports Somali youth through mentorship and leadership training, and the Muslim Legal Support Centre, a non-profit organization that promotes fair treatment and access to justice for Muslims of limited means in Ontario through legal services, education, and advocacy.
Halla is an associate in the Health Law and Specialty Risk and Insurance practice groups in the Toronto office of Lerners LLP. Her practice focuses on professional liability, constitutional, and class action law matters.
Prior to working at Lerners LLP, Halla worked at a prominent civil litigation boutique in Toronto, where she gained extensive experience in commercial, constitutional, health, insurance, and class action law matters. She also served as a judicial law clerk at the Superior Court of Justice, Central West Region, where she supported judges with trials, motions, judicial review and statutory appeals, and case conferences, as well as in preparations for legal education seminars and presentations.
Halla provides excellent written and oral advocacy and has broad experience representing clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters before professional regulatory bodies, tribunals, and superior and appellate courts. Halla has appeared before all levels of court, tribunals, and professional regulatory bodies in both Ontario and British Columbia on administrative, constitutional, and insurance law matters. She has also assisted lead counsel on trials, judicial reviews, certification hearings, and appeals before the Ontario, B.C., and Alberta superior and appellate courts.
In her spare time, Halla is active in community advocacy. She regularly volunteers for Pro Bono Ontario’s free legal advice hotline and organizes and participates in community events that focus on youth civic engagement, inclusivity in the legal profession, and mentorship for Black and Muslim youth. To this end, Halla sits on the boards of Say Somaali, a Black, youth-led organization that supports Somali youth through mentorship and leadership training, and the Muslim Legal Support Centre, a non-profit organization that promotes fair treatment and access to justice for Muslims of limited means in Ontario through legal services, education, and advocacy.
Halla is an associate in the Health Law and Specialty Risk and Insurance practice groups in the Toronto office of Lerners LLP. Her practice focuses on professional liability, constitutional, and class action law matters.
Prior to working at Lerners LLP, Halla worked at a prominent civil litigation boutique in Toronto, where she gained extensive experience in commercial, constitutional, health, insurance, and class action law matters. She also served as a judicial law clerk at the Superior Court of Justice, Central West Region, where she supported judges with trials, motions, judicial review and statutory appeals, and case conferences, as well as in preparations for legal education seminars and presentations.
Halla provides excellent written and oral advocacy and has broad experience representing clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters before professional regulatory bodies, tribunals, and superior and appellate courts. Halla has appeared before all levels of court, tribunals, and professional regulatory bodies in both Ontario and British Columbia on administrative, constitutional, and insurance law matters. She has also assisted lead counsel on trials, judicial reviews, certification hearings, and appeals before the Ontario, B.C., and Alberta superior and appellate courts.
In her spare time, Halla is active in community advocacy. She regularly volunteers for Pro Bono Ontario’s free legal advice hotline and organizes and participates in community events that focus on youth civic engagement, inclusivity in the legal profession, and mentorship for Black and Muslim youth. To this end, Halla sits on the boards of Say Somaali, a Black, youth-led organization that supports Somali youth through mentorship and leadership training, and the Muslim Legal Support Centre, a non-profit organization that promotes fair treatment and access to justice for Muslims of limited means in Ontario through legal services, education, and advocacy.