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     MEMBER PROFILE
                                                                               When it comes to the law, things are
                                                                               not always black and white.
                                                                               While  some  laws  are  clear-cut,  many  legal
                                                                               situations involve interpretation, ambiguity,
                                                                               and varying degrees of grey area, making
                                                                               them extremely difficult to comprehend which
                                                                               is why Dahlia and Khizer Pervez have focused
                                                                               their work on assisting others navigate this
                                                                               often-difficult landscape.
                                                                               “I know it may sound cliché to say, ‘We got
                                                                               into this because we want to help people’,
                                                                               but ultimately that’s what it is because
                                                                               law can be so dense and so complex, and
                                                                               wording matters,” says Khizer, seated next to
                                                                               Dahlia, his wife and business partner in one
                                                                               of  Cambridge’s  newest  legal  firms  Pervez  &
                                                                               Pervez Law.
                                                                               “By not having someone to guide you a lot of
                                                                               people can be misled or not know their rights
                                                                               to something and then just forgo them and
                                                                               face adverse impacts. So, for me, it’s really
                                                                               about helping through that by understanding
                                                                               that work.”
                                                                               Dahlia agrees and says providing a personal
                                                                               and accessible service has formed the
                                                                               cornerstone of their practice since the couple
                                                                               set up offices in the lower level of their West
                                                                               Galt home a year ago after moving from
                                                                               Ottawa.
                                                                               “We really want to give them the
                                                                               groundwork they need to figure out
                                                                               what their legal issue is,” she says.
                                                                               “Sometimes they don’t even know what
                                                                               area of the law they need help with.”
                                                                               While Pervez & Pervez is a general practice
                                                                               firm offering practice areas in corporate &
                                                                               commercial, employment, immigration and
                                                                               wills and estates, the partners bring unique
                                                                               and  added perspectives thanks to their
                                                                               varied  legal backgrounds which they  began
                                                                               cultivating immediately upon graduation with
                                                                               law degrees from Michigan State University.
       ‘It’s community and                                                     As a result of being licensed in both Canada
                                                                               and the U.S., the couple are uniquely
       accessibility’                                                          positioned to provide services pertaining to
                                                                               legal issues on both sides of the border.
                                                                               “I wanted to originally be a criminal defense
                                                                               attorney,” says Dahlia, joking while growing
                               - Pervez & Pervez Law                           up  in  Orangeville  she  loved  to argue  and
                                                                               wanted to be able to help others by giving
                                                                               them a voice.
                                                       PHOTOS BY BRIAN RODNICK
      40        Fall 2025                                                                              www.cambridgechamber.com
     	
