Steven Rosenhek (1984)

Steven completed his Master of Laws degree at St John’s College in 1984-85, shortly after qualifying as a lawyer in Canada. Following his return to Canada, he spent his career in civil litigation, practising in international law firms based in Toronto with a focus on commercial disputes, arbitrations and class actions. Alongside his practice, he taught trial advocacy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and at Osgoode Hall Law School, and was active in the profession, including as President of the Ontario Bar Association.

Steven retired from legal practice at the end of 2024. He now devotes his time to charitable and community work, including service on several boards, and some entrepreneurial projects. Earlier in his career, he helped organise alumni gatherings for St John’s in Toronto.

While at Cambridge, Steven lived in Merton Hall and spent at least as much time in the Buttery (in its then modest and rather more intimate form ) as in the law library, in the company of fellow graduate students. He served as the student representative on the Law Faculty Council and looks back on his year at St John’s with great affection.