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 levels of court in British Columbia and the Supreme Court of Canada, handling complex commercial matters, class actions and high-profile constitutional trials and appeals. She is recognized by the major guides as a leading lawyer in commercial litigation and public law. Claire was named a Lexpert Leading Lawyer Under 40 in 2017 and a Gold Winner for Woman of the Year at Lexpert’s Canadian Law Awards in 2020. Prior to joining Hunter Litigation Chambers, Claire practiced with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. A graduate of McGill, Stanford and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Claire 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. Claire is a governor of the Law Foundation of British Columbia and a former chair of Access Pro Bono and has received multiple awards for her contributions to pro bono work. Claire was appointed King’s Counsel in 2018 and inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2022
