Leatherback Law
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Leatherback Law is a solo, virtual immigration and refugee law practice founded by lawyer Fedora Mathieu and based in Ottawa. The firm has no physical office for client meetings; it works with clients entirely through secure online platforms, email, phone calls, and video conferences, Monday to Friday. Leatherback Law's practice covers Canadian immigration and refugee law, including permanent residence applications under Express Entry and provincial nominee programs, spousal and family sponsorships, temporary visas and work and study permits, refugee claims and pre removal risk assessments, and litigation before the Immigration Appeal Division and the Federal Court of Canada.
Founder Fedora Mathieu earned an LL.B. from the University of Montreal in 2010 and an LL.M. from the University of Ottawa in 2014, and has practiced immigration and refugee law since 2013, most recently as a refugee lawyer at Legal Aid Ontario before opening Leatherback Law. Mathieu belongs to the Law Society of Ontario and the Barreau du Quebec, along with the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, the Refugee Lawyers Association, and the Association Quebecoise des avocats et avocates en immigration, and speaks French, English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Brazilian Portuguese.
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- Fedora Mathieu teaches in Queen's University's Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law program, as an instructor for its Refugee Protection and Trauma Informed Client Service course.
- Fedora Mathieu has been invited as a speaker for continuing education events with the Law Society of Ontario and the Canadian Association for Refugee Lawyers, and has taught at the University of Ottawa, according to the firm's own site.
- Leatherback Law's site includes a land acknowledgment recognizing that the firm operates within the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.
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86 Centrepointe Dr, Top Floor, Ottawa, ON K2G 6B1 · 613-907-5688
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