About Us

Joel Levitt was called to the Ontario Bar in 1991 after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School. Joel articled at Miller Thomson and after a short stay at a small full service Toronto firm opened Fryer Levitt in 1994. Joel had the benefit of mentoring from his father Sol Levitt who passed away in 2013 after over 50 years in private practise. Sol practised exclusively in the areas of Real Estate, Commercial Law and Wills and Estates and through his mentoring and hands on training, Joel has developed a small full service practise with a heavy bent towards commercial litigation.

Experience

Joel has extensive experience in collection matters, and has acted for many collection agencies based both in Canada and abroad. Joel also handles collection matters for several large multi national corporations. Joel has had extensive experience dealing with shareholder disputes, wrongful dismissal actions and real estate litigation, and has more recently been involved in estates litigation. Joel's experience in practising on a day to day basis in the various areas in which he also handles litigation matters has given him valuable insight into matters and often acts as a key advantage in his dealings with other litigation counsel. 

In the recent decision of Nayyer v, Wang - the Court said of Joel:

"As a final matter, I wish to commend Mr. Nayyer’s counsel for his significant contribution to access to justice in Ontario. He was able to provide excellent representation in this difficult case without expending significant resources. The Joint book of documents he prepared made the complex issues easy to follow because of the way it was organized, by type of document, and then chronologically within each section. He represented an elderly man whose life savings had been taken and who likely had no money to pay him while the action was proceeding. And he did so for what can only be considered a reasonable amount of legal fees. This is an example of the finest tradition in the legal profession of people stepping up and assisting vulnerable people who have been harmed. Bravo!!"

Appearances

Joel has appeared at all levels of Court in Ontario, and at many regulatory tribunals. Joel has also appeared before the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. Joel has presented speeches to the National Credit & Financial Executives Forum and The Canadian Institute of Credit and appeared in the WNBC-TV Emmy Award winning show "The Dead Sea Scroll Special". Joel is able to provide bodyguard and bouncer services under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005, but he never has. Through a network of lawyers Joel has the ability to deliver first class service at reasonable rates.