Batya Guarisma

Batya Guarisma is a Law Clerk at Powell Litigation. She graduated from Seneca Polytechnic’s Law Clerk Diploma program in 2024 with High Honours and received the Minden Gross LLP – Lucrezia Correale Memorial Award for academic excellence.

Batya supports her supervising lawyers with the service and filing of court documents, substantive and procedural legal research, and a broad range of drafting tasks, including pleadings, affidavits, correspondence, opinion letters, and mediation briefs. She also assists with preparation for Small Claims Court and Superior Court trials, as well as appeals before the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Batya brings a strong background in academic and creative writing to her work and strives to approach interactions with clients and others with compassion and professionalism.

Areas of Support

• Contract Disputes
• Real Estate Litigation
• Debt Recovery & Collections
• Corporate & Shareholder Disputes
• Construction Litigation
• Professional Negligence
• Fraud & Asset Recovery
• Defamation & Reputation
• Civil & Human Rights
• Injunctions & Emergency Relief
• Appeals
• Small Claims

Credentials

Education

• Law Clerk Diploma, High Honours – Seneca Polytechnic – 2024
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology – Talpiot College – 2002

Representative Experience

• Assists lawyers with preparation for trials before the Small Claims Court and Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
• Supports appeal preparation for matters before the Divisional Court and Court of Appeal for Ontario.
• Assists with court filings, service of documents, legal research, pleadings, affidavits, correspondence, opinion letters, and mediation briefs.

Outside the Office

Outside the office, Batya enjoys reading 19th-century classics, sketching, baking for her family, and submitting creative pieces to writing contests.