Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer, journalist and activist. After graduating from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1991, Dimitri began his legal career at the Wall Street law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, working in the firm's New York and Paris offices. In 2004, Dimitri began practicing law at one of Canada’s leading class action law firms, Siskinds LLP. While at Siskinds, Dimitri co-founded and led Canada’s largest and most accomplished team of securities class action lawyers. In 2021, Dimitri joined the Toronto-based law firm of Kalloghlian Myers LLP, where he specialized in securities class actions. In 2022, Dimitri and his colleagues at Kalloghlian Myers secured a $126 million settlement in the CannTrust securities class action. In 2012, Dimitri was selected by Canadian Lawyer Magazine as one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada. In 2013, he was named by Canadian Business Magazine as one of the 50 most influential persons in Canadian business. Canadian Business Magazine described Dimitri as the “fiercest legal advocate for shareholder rights.” In 2023, Dimitri was nominated as one of Canadian Lawyer’s 25 most influential lawyers in Canada. From 2012 to 2022, Dimitri was a correspondent and Board member of The Real News Network, based in Baltimore, Maryland. He is now a part-time freelance journalist and a member of the Canadian Freelance Union. In Canada’s 2015 federal election, Dimitri ran for the Green Party of Canada in the riding of London West. Subsequently, he served as justice critic on the shadow cabinets of the Green Parties of Canada and Quebec. In 2020, he ran to be leader of the Green Party of Canada, finishing second out of eight candidates, with over 45% of the vote on the eighth and final ballot.