Golnaz Nayerahmadi

Golnaz Nayerahmadi’s litigation practice focuses on class actions and complex multi-plaintiff actions. She has acted as counsel in a broad range of matters involving Crown liability and institutional abuse, professional liability, pharmaceutical and product liability, mass torts and industrial disasters, securities misrepresentation, and consumer protection.

Golnaz has represented clients in motions, applications, trials, and appeals. She has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and Quebec, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.

Golnaz is a co-author of Class Actions in Canada: Cases, Notes, and Material (3d Ed) . She is the Past-Chair of the Ontario Bar Association Class Action Executive. She has been ranked by Chambers & Partners in the area of Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Plaintiff) (2024-2027), and has been recognized by the Canadian Lexpert Directory as a “consistently recommended” lawyer in class actions. She has also been recognized in the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ for Class Action Litigation, Product Liability Law, and Corporate and Commercial Litigation.

Golnaz is committed to pro bono work and has worked extensively with the Innocence Project on matters concerning wrongful convictions, including Albon v. Attorney General , which recognized, for the first time, a Charter-based duty of post-conviction disclosure.

Prior to joining Rochon Genova, Golnaz clerked for the judges of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto and interned at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

Golnaz holds a dual degree in common law and civil law from McGill University. While in law school, she developed a curriculum on the rights and reintegration of child soldiers and was selected to speak at the National Council of Women of Canada’s roundtable at the 55th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.