Anisha
Bhardwaj
Associate
Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2020
Anisha is a critical thinker and strategic advocate. She advises on complex litigation matters, navigating all avenues to resolve disputes. Clients appreciate her compassionate communication, collaborative approach and thorough understanding of their business objectives.
Anisha is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. Her commercial litigation practice includes assisting clients with contractual disputes, commercial arbitrations, shareholder disputes, professional liability, oppression remedies, economic torts, injunctions and appeals. Anisha also has presented to various clients with respect to class action proceedings. She represents individuals and businesses across a number of industries, such as real estate, commercial leasing, construction, employment, expropriation and municipal. Anisha has appeared before all levels of Ontario courts and various administrative tribunals.
Professional Involvement
Professional Activities
- Member-at-Large, Civil Litigation Section Executive, Ontario Bar Association (2024-2026)
- Board of Directors (2020-2024), and former Secretary (2022-2023), South Asian Bar Association
- Member-at-Large, Young Lawyer’s Division, Ontario Bar Association (2021-2022)
- Planning Committee Member, Women Lawyers' Symposium (2023-2026)
Community Involvement
- Mock Judge, Windsor Law Transnational Moot Competition, March 2022
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
- Pro Bono Ontario
Program Chair, "Key Updates in Defamation Law," Canadian Bar Association, April 16, 2026.
Speaker, "Effective Strategies for Case Conferences," Ontario Bar Association, Civil Litigation Program, June 2025.
Moderator, "Building a Book of Business from the Ground Up," SABA Toronto’s Annual Symposium, March 2024.
Speaker, Legal Panel, Windsor Law Career Fair, March 2024.
Speaker, "Making Mentorship Matter: Can it Break Down Systemic Barriers?" City of Toronto, May 2023.
Speaker, Legal Career Panel, Girls E-Mentorship, May 2021.
Co-Author, "Canadian Courts Tighten Class Action Rules in Critical Q2 2025 Decisions," Aird & Berlis LLP, Class Actions Quarterly, July 24, 2025.
Co-Author, "Top Class Action Decisions of Q3 2024," Aird & Berlis LLP, Class Actions Quarterly, October 18, 2024.
Co-Author, "Key Takeaways From 2023 Appellate Decisions," Aird & Berlis LLP Litigation Bulletin, March 1, 2024 (Included in Insolvency Insider, March 22, 2024).
Co-Author, "Depp v. Heard: What if This Lawsuit Had Been Commenced in Ontario?" Aird & Berlis LLP, November 29, 2023.
Co-Author, "Key Takeaways From 2022 Appellate Decisions," Aird & Berlis LLP, March 9, 2023.