Rahman joins the Ontario Court of Appeal bench; Sirivar joins the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Justice minister and attorney general of Canada Arif Virani has announced that Mohammed M. Rahman and Maria N. Sirivar are stepping into new judicial roles.
Rahman, who was a Superior Court of Justice of Ontario judge in Brampton, joins the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Toronto as a judge. He replaces Justice K. van Rensburg, who became a supernumerary judge on December 31, 2024.
He was a a federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice Canada and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada for more than 18 years and appeared before all level of court in Ontario while conducting trials and appeals. He also worked with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General’s Crown Law Office – Criminal.
Rahman was a member of Osgoode Hall Law School’s adjunct faculty. Osgoode Hall’s Alumni Association awarded him the Mentor of the Year accolade in 2013.
He was first appointed an Ontario Court of Justice judge in 2016. He joined the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in 2022.
Sirivar, who was an Ontario Court of Justice judge in Ottawa, commences as a Superior Court of Justice of Ontario judge in Ottawa. She takes the place of Justice J.S. Corkery (Peterborough), who became a supernumerary judge on December 16, 2024. The vacancy was located in Ottawa because of internal court transfers by the chief justice.
She was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2007. She began her career as a commercial litigator with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP before transitioning to Adair Morse LLP, where she was an associate.
Sirivar proceed to launch her own practice specializing in employment and family law. She served as an Office of the Children’s Lawyer agent and as a duty counsel in Halton Region.
In 2018, she joined the Ontario Court of Justice, where she sat in the Toronto Family and Youth Court at 311 Jarvis Street and was the local administrative judge. She transferred to Ottawa in 2023 and presided over English- and French-language criminal matters.
Sirivar was on the Ontario Association of Judges board. She also chaired and was part of several court and association committees.
