Year called to bar: 2004 (ON); 2004 (New York); 2010 (BC)
Claire Hunter, KC is an experienced litigator with a broad civil litigation, public and administrative law and appellate practice. She regularly represents clients at all court levels in British Columbia and the Supreme Court of Canada, handling complex commercial matters, internal investigations, and high-profile trials and appeals. Recognized as a Lexpert Leading Lawyer Under 40 in 2017, Hunter has also been honored as one the Gold Winner for Woman of the Year at Lexpert’s Canadian Law Awards. She joined Hunter Litigation Chambers in Vancouver in 2010 after five years of practice with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, where she focused on defending financial institutions in criminal, regulatory and securities class actions. A graduate of McGill, Stanford, and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Hunter spent a year as law clerk to Justice Iacobucci of the Supreme Court of Canada before commencing her practice in New York. She has been a member of the New York State bar since 2004 and was called to the British Columbia bar in 2010. She has received multiple awards for her contributions to pro bono work and continues to be involved in promoting access to justice. Hunter was appointed King’s Counsel in 2018.
