Rashidy & Associates

About Rashidy & Associates

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Rashidy & Associates is a Mississauga law firm that describes itself as a multilingual litigation practice, offering representation in English, Arabic, and French. The firm was founded by Mohamed El Rashidy, who holds an Honours Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto and a Juris Doctor from the University of Manitoba, and who began legal practice in 2001 after articling at a Bay Street firm. From its Mississauga office, the firm now handles matters at the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, and the Federal Court of Appeal.

The practice covers criminal defence, family law, civil and business litigation, personal injury, immigration, human rights, and national security matters, plus DUI, domestic assault defence, small claims, and traffic ticket work. In the national security area, the firm takes on cases involving the RCMP, CBSA, and CSIS. El Rashidy is also credited as the first lawyer in Canada to bring a constitutional challenge to Bill C-51 (the sexual assault amendments) in the case R. v. F.A., appears as a legal analyst on national outlets including CBC's Power & Politics, CTV News, Global News, and CP24, and belongs to the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association, among other professional bodies. The firm operates a second office in Florida.