Joudy Sarraj

Joudy Sarraj draws on appellate and trial experience in her litigation practice.

Before joining Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Joudy served as a law clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario, to Justices Janet M. Simmons, Julie Thorburn, and Jonathan C. George. She gained courtroom experience at Lenczner Slaght LLP on a range of securities, contractual, and other commercial disputes.

While at law school, Joudy served as a student caseworker with the University of Windsor’s Class Action Clinic, advising class members on how to opt out and initiate individual actions. She received a top oralist prize at a national moot court competition and won the Canadian Bar Association’s national IP law essay contest. She also interned with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, and Access Now, a New York City based non-profit organization, where she researched sovereign immunity issues for an amicus brief.

Before law school, Joudy worked in impact investing, coordinating debt-equity investments designed to scale global health innovations at Grand Challenges Canada.