FARHAD SHEKIB
Partner | 416.901.9984
fashekib@pintoshekib.ca
Farhad Shekib is a Toronto litigation lawyer and founding partner of Pinto Shekib LLP, where he represents businesses, shareholders, executives and individuals in complex commercial and civil disputes.
Farhad has represented some of Canada’s largest public and private corporations, including banks, insurers and family-owned enterprises, in high-stakes litigation involving millions of dollars. His practice encompasses commercial and shareholder disputes, real estate litigation, estates and trusts litigation, and employment matters.
An experienced trial lawyer, Farhad has acted as counsel in contested trials, injunction proceedings, summary judgment motions and other significant litigation matters. His experience includes securing injunctions to protect commercial interests, preserving substantial estate assets pending trial, successfully defending employment and human rights claims, and obtaining a jury verdict of nearly $600,000.
Having arrived in Canada as a refugee from Afghanistan, Farhad developed resilience, determination and composure in the face of adversity. These qualities continue to inform his approach to litigation.
Farhad has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada for Commercial Litigation and by Post City Magazines as one of Toronto’s “Top Lawyers”. These peer-reviewed recognitions reflect Farhad’s reputation in Toronto’s legal community for dedicated client service, legal skill and effective advocacy.
Before co-founding Pinto Shekib LLP, Farhad earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. He developed his litigation experience at a leading international Bay Street law firm and a respected Toronto litigation boutique.
Farhad is actively involved in the legal profession, regularly speaking on civil litigation and trial advocacy through programs organized by the Ontario Bar Association and the Advocates’ Society.
EXPERTISE
- Commercial Litigation
- Wills, Estates & Trusts Disputes
- Real Estate Litigation
- Employment Litigation
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Patell v Patell – Counsel to the Applicant in a successful preservation motion before the Estates Court in Toronto, securing assets valued in excess of $1.7 million, pending trial.
- Lavides v Windsor Hill Non-Profit Housing Corp., 2024 HRTO 878 – Trial counsel to the Respondent, Windsor Hill, in a successful defence of a Contravention of Settlement Application. The Applicant’s claim was fully dismissed.
- Lavides v Windsor Hill Non-Profit Housing Corp., 2024 HRTO 97 – Counsel to the Respondent, Windsor Hill, in a successful defence of a breach of the Human Rights Code Application. The Applicant’s claim was dismissed in its entirety.
- Lavides v Windsor Hill Non-Profit Housing Corp., 2024 HRTO 2 – Counsel to the Respondent, Windsor Hill, in a successful motion to strike the Applicant’s allegations as being time-barred.
- Ramcharran v State Farm et al., 2023 ONSC 3698 – Trial counsel in this personal injury action, obtaining a jury verdict of $596,479.42 for the Plaintiff.
- Doiron v BMG Marketing Services Inc., 2021 CanLII 51835 (ON LRB) – Trial counsel to BMG Marketing Services Inc. in a successful defence of a Reprisal Complaint brought under Section 50(1) of the OHSA before the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The Applicant’s claim was dismissed.
- Target Park Inc. v 1164757 Ontario Inc., 2019 ONSC 6301 – Counsel to the Applicant, Target Park, achieving a declaration from the Court that the Respondent’s purported termination of the commercial lease was unlawful and invalid. An injunction (plus costs) was awarded to Target Park, allowing it to re-enter and resume operations from the leased premises.
- Gamble v TD Bank et al., 2019 ONSC 5574 – Counsel for the third parties on a successful summary judgment motion, dismissing the action as against the third parties.
- Rush v De Ruiter et al., 2018 ONSC 1210 – Counsel for the Defendant nurse on a summary judgment motion, seeking to enforce a waiver in a medical malpractice action.
- Dosman et al. v The Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Students’ Association Inc. et al., 2018 ONSC 2075 – Counsel for the Wilfrid Laurier University GSA on a successful motion to dismiss the Plaintiffs’ claim for libel and slander pursuant to Section 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act.
EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor (J.D.), University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
- Honours B.A., Criminology (Summa Cum Laude), University of Ottawa
INSIGHTS, AWARDS & MEDIA
- Panelist, Fall Forum 2026, The Advocates’ Society
- Lottery Ticket Disputes, Farhad Shekib Interviewed by CBC
- Can Your Employer Cut Off RSUs Vesting The Day You’re Fired? The Ontario Court Of Appeal Says No, Lexology
- Shareholder Deadlock: When Ontario Courts Will Order A Wind Up, Lexology
- When Franchisees Walk: Injunctions In Ontario Franchise Disputes, Lexology
- Injunctions Keep Franchisees In Line, Law360 Canada
- How Lived Experience As Refugees Defined The Way Pinto Shekib Litigates, Canadian Lawyer Magazine
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada for expertise in Commercial Litigation & Labour and Employment Law
- One of Toronto’s “Top Lawyers”, Post City Magazines & Streets of Toronto
- Lessons Learned From My Trial Experiences, Ontario Bar Association
- Panelist (on conducting trials), Litigating an Employment File, Ontario Bar Association
- Co-Chair, The Civil Trial – Views From The Bench, Ontario Bar Association
- So… You Want To Launch Your Own Law Firm?, Keeping Tabs, a publication by the Advocates’ Society
- Co-Chair, The Nuts and Bolts of an Application, Ontario Bar Association