Overview

Joanna Harris was appointed a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice effective May 9, 2024 and is listed in the Toronto region. She was called to the Ontario bar in 2006 after articling at Adair Morse and working as a law clerk at the Superior Court of Justice. Between 2007 and 2019, she practised family law at Thomson Rogers, Wilson Christen and Miller Thomson. From 2019 onward, she served as in-house counsel with York Region Children's Aid Society, litigating child-protection cases before the Child and Family Services Review Board. She was later seconded to Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services, an Indigenous child-well-being agency. Her background combines family litigation, child-welfare advocacy and court experience before her judicial appointment in Ontario.

Practice Areas

• Family Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2006 (ON)