He takes up the new position on January 30
The Ontario government has appointed Imran E. Kamal an associate judge of the Superior Court of Justice.
Kamal takes up the new position on January 30. Chief Justice Geoffrey B. Morawetz has assigned Kamal to serve in Ottawa.
Kamal was previously with the Crown Law Office - Civil at the Ministry of the Attorney General, which he joined in 2021. He concentrated on Indigenous reconciliation and matters protecting children in civil litigation proceedings.
He was called to the bar in September 2013 and articled at a full-service firm to glean experience in family law, real estate law, civil litigation and estate administration law. He opted to specialize in family law, practicing in the Halton Region.
In 2014, Kamal commenced as a legal counsel at the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton. He has appeared in child protection proceedings before the Superior Court of Justice. Canadian Lawyer named him one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers of 2021.
In 2022, he began lecturing at the Toronto Metropolitan University, where he launched the Children and the Law course. He was a co-developer of the Family Legal Services Provider program’s curriculum for the Law Society of Ontario and Fanshawe College.
Kamal has mentored students and lawyers and has spoken at conferences. He contributed a chapter on addiction and recovery to the book “The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in the Legal Profession," which was released on April 30, 2024.
In 2017, he launched Hamilton Lawyers Feed the Hungry, which called for legal community volunteers to provide financial support and prepare as well as serve meals to children and youth. He was on the Mission Services of Hamilton board of directors.
He was among the founders of the Indigenous Child Welfare Collaborative in Hamilton and spearheaded the establishment of the specialized Indigenous Child Welfare Healing Conference within the Superior Court of Justice.
Kamal sits on the boards of the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto, the Ontario Bar Association and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Ontario.
