Lawyer Profile
Ari M. Blicker
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Ari is the firm's Chief Legal Talent Officer. He is responsible for all aspects of the firm's student program, including the recruitment, supervision and professional development of summer and articling students, and liaising with law schools. Ari also oversees the firm's associate program, including career development, performance reviews, mentoring, coaching, compensation, partnership admission and lateral recruitment. Ari is a former Vice-Chair of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and a member of the firm's Student Recruitment Committee and Associates Committee. Before joining Aird & Berlis in 2009, Ari was the Director of Student Programs at the Toronto office of a national law firm. Prior to that, he practised corporate commercial law at another major Bay Street firm from 1997 to 2002 and in-house at IBM from 2002 to 2007.
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1997 (ON)
Professional Details
Education
LLB, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, 1995 BA, McGill University, 1992
Associations
Memberships National Association for Law Placement Ontario Bar Association Canadian Bar Association