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Arifa Serter

Partner

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Practice areas:

  • Insurance Defence,
  • Litigation,
  • Subrogation

Meet Arifa


Arifa Serter is a Partner in the Insurance Services Group, and Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Harrison Pensa. Her practice focuses on subrogated claims and insurance defence litigation. Arifa has an extensive insurance litigation practice, ranging from commercial, construction, marine, fraud, property (both residential and commercial), oil spills, floods, fires, professional negligence, personal injury, tort, motor vehicle collisions, to product liability cases. In addition, Arifa prides herself in assisting insurers to negotiate the best possible settlement in order to avoid lengthy litigation.

Arifa has experience arguing cases at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, and the Small Claims Court.

Arifa’s strong work ethic and perseverance make her a relentless advocate for her insurer clients. She is known to get her clients very favourable results in an expeditious manner.

At the office, Arifa is a mentor to the firm’s articling students and sits on the Student Committee. She is also fluent in Turkish and Bosnian.

 

Legal Assistant: Krista Cooper
kcooper@harrisonpensa.com
519-850-5585

Credentials & experience

Awards

  • Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ 2025 for work in Insurance Law
  • Called To The Bar

    • 2017

  • Experience

    • Partner

      Harrison Pensa LLP

      January 2022 - Present

    • Associate Lawyer

      Harrison Pensa LLP

      2017 - January 2022

    • Articling Student

      Harrison Pensa LLP

      2016 - 2017

  • Education

    • University of Ottawa

      Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law

    • Western University

      Bachelor's degree, Human Development and Family Studies

  • Community

    • YMCA of Southwestern Ontario

      Board Member

  • Memberships

    • Middlesex Law Association

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