About Michael

Michael Hughes is a senior associate at Green and Spiegel LLP in Toronto, focusing on Canadian immigration law for corporate and individual clients. He handles applications for work permits, study permits, permanent residency, and citizenship, along with admissibility and enforcement matters and litigation before the Immigration and Refugee Board and the Federal Court of Canada. His practice concentrates on corporate immigration, helping bring personnel into Canada for multinational corporations and small and medium businesses. Before law school, Michael worked as an Immigration Officer with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, reviewing temporary residence applications and criminal inadmissibility files. He was called to the Ontario bar in 2020 after earning his law degrees from McGill University and a B.A. from the University of Ottawa. He also serves as an Adjunct Instructor in Queen's University's Graduate Diploma Program in Immigration and Citizenship Law.

Education & credentials

Law school
McGill University

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