Djawid Taheri

Expert Overview

Djawid Taheri is an expert on issues of immigration and refugee law, criminal defence law and real estate law.

Djawid Taheri is the founder of Taheri Law Office, the first Afghan-Canadian law firm in Canada.

He holds the degrees of Juris Doctor (1999) and Master of Laws (2019) 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. He also completed additional professional and legal training at Harvard University Law School in 2013 and Yale University in 2014.

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

In the course of his practice, 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. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors or legal advisor to several community and non-governmental organizations.

Mr. Taheri has appeared in numerous radio and television programs in Canada as a guest speaker and panelist and has been quoted in various legal and mainstream newspapers and magazines. In fact, for many years, Mr. Taheri was the resident expert in legal matters for Sabawoon Radio and Television Show in the Greater Toronto Area. Mr. Taheri has written on a variety of legal and political issues and delivers presentations to community organizations and school boards on various areas of law. Mr. Taheri is fluent in the English, Dari, and Farsi languages and possesses working knowledge of Pashtu language.