Owen Bird is pleased to announce that Nikta Shirazian has joined our firm as the newest member of our Litigation Group. Nikta was recently recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as amongst the “Ones to Watch 2022 (Insurance Law)”.
Prior to joining Owen Bird, Nikta practiced at a leading litigation boutique focusing on complex commercial litigation matters. Nikta will bring her extensive experience in commercial litigation, privacy law, and complex torts to the firm’s litigation practice group. Nikta has successfully represented clients and appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia. She also has a keen interest in the law of privacy and co-authored an article with Dr. Chris Hunt titled “Canada’s Statutory Privacy Torts in Commonwealth Perspective” which was published in the Oxford University Comparative Law Forum.
As a law student, Nikta served as a research assistant to five professors and as an editor of the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law. She was the recipient of the course prize in the law of unjust enrichment and also earned a place on the Dean’s list for academic achievement.
