Aouchiche Law Firm
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One of 2,273 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 331 handling Immigration Law.
About Aouchiche Law Firm
Aouchiche Law Firm is a Toronto practice built around Canadian immigration, quasi-criminal matters and professional and regulatory law. Its regulatory work runs in both directions. The firm defends professionals whose licences are on the line in investigations, discipline hearings and litigation, and it also acts as outside counsel and prosecutor for regulators. Individuals, organizations and regulators all make up its client base.
Sarah Aouchiche holds a combined Bachelor of Laws and Civil Law degree from the University of Ottawa and was called to the Ontario bar in 2011. Sarah Aouchiche practises both in Canada and internationally, has acted for clients at every level of Ontario court, and regularly appears in the Federal Court and before administrative bodies, including refugee and immigration appeal tribunals. Sarah Aouchiche spent many years as a prosecutor with an enforcement-driven regulator. International humanitarian law work for the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross has taken Sarah Aouchiche to more than 10 countries.
Donald M. Greenbaum, QC, is counsel to the firm. Greenbaum earned a bachelor of laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1960 and has practised immigration law and nothing else since 1962.
Clients can work with the team in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic or Russian. The firm has offices at 197 Spadina Avenue, on the 4th floor, and at 147 Liberty Street, and confidential consultations happen in person, by phone or virtually.
Practice areas
Personal and business immigration
On the immigration side, Aouchiche Law Firm takes on both business and personal files, from student visas and spousal sponsorship to refugee claims and Federal Court appeals, with LMIA work, Express Entry, inadmissibility and refused visas in between. For international students, the firm deals with visa rejections and judicial reviews and plans routes to permanent residence.
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Discipline defence for licensed professionals
The firm defends lawyers and paralegals in Law Society of Ontario investigations and discipline proceedings, and it represents teachers dealing with the Ontario College of Teachers. Accountants facing CPA Ontario complaints or a Disciplinary Committee hearing, optometrists before their college and kinesiologists in College of Kinesiologists of Ontario proceedings are also part of this practice.
Real estate, mortgage, insurance and securities
Real estate agents and brokers get representation in RECO investigations and proceedings and against REBBA charges, while mortgage brokers and agents are defended in investigations and Financial Services Tribunal hearings. On the insurance side, the firm acts for brokers in RIBO investigations and Discipline Committee hearings and for agents in FSRA enforcement before the same tribunal. Investment advisors and dealers in securities and mutual funds are represented in investigations by the OSC, CIRO or the Joint Serious Offences Team, and in OSC prosecutions in the Ontario Provincial Court of Justice.
Trades and bereavement licensing
Electrical contractors and master electricians come to the firm with licensing issues and disputes involving the Electrical Safety Authority. Funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoriums and other bereavement professionals regulated by the Bereavement Authority of Ontario are represented too, including at the Licence Appeal Tribunal on licence refusals, suspensions, revocations and conditions.
Healthcare providers
For healthcare providers, the firm advises on hiring, contracts, governance, workplace issues and similar questions through a health regulatory lens. It also appears for them in inquiries, investigations and quality assurance matters before boards, tribunals, courts and regulators.
How Aouchiche Law Firm works
Immigration work at Aouchiche Law Firm is fitted to each client's profile, with help at every stage of the process and across temporary and permanent options alike. Immigration can change the course of a life, and the firm commits to handling every situation with care. In healthcare disputes, the firm's aim is to settle things early and avoid formal claims, though it's ready to litigate, including in the Superior Court of Justice.
Milestones & recognition
- Counsel Donald M. Greenbaum, QC, was president of the Canadian Bar Association's Immigration Law Section when the section was formed, and represented the CBA in work on the extensive revisions to the 1967 Immigration Act.
- The firm's team has prepared written submissions for Ontario tribunals, the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada.
In the community
- Sarah Aouchiche volunteers regularly at a local food bank.
- Sarah Aouchiche was scheduled to share information at Booth 31 of the TIC 25 Trade and Investment Convention, held at the Center of Excellence in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago, on July 11 to 13, 2024.
Affiliations & connections
- International Committee of the Red Cross: Sarah Aouchiche still takes on short missions with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Languages on the roster
- Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Offices 2
The neighbourhood
The office at 197 Spadina Ave. sits on a stretch that, for decades, was the centre of Jewish life in Toronto along with nearby Kensington Market, and the blocks around Spadina were home to the garment district. Later, Toronto's Chinatown shifted west along Dundas onto Spadina after much of the original neighbourhood was expropriated for the new City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. Most of Spadina Avenue is a six-lane road with streetcar lanes running down its middle.
The second office, at 147 Liberty Street, stands at the southwest corner of Liberty Street and Fraser Avenue in Liberty Village. The neighbourhood takes its name from Liberty Street, which was the first street that convicts released from the area's two prisons would walk. Being close to the railway tracks made it an industrial district, and in the 1970s and 1980s cheap rent and big industrial spaces drew artists looking for studios. Its business improvement area, founded in 2001, now represents more than 600 member businesses.
Frequently asked questions
- I'm a lawyer with an LSO advertising or billing issue, not a formal complaint. Can Aouchiche Law Firm still help?
- Aouchiche Law Firm helps lawyers with regulatory matters outside the Law Society of Ontario complaint process, such as practice issues, advertising concerns and billing disputes. It also handles licensing questions, including suspensions, revocations and reinstatement.
- Is the Aouchiche Law Firm consultation fee credited if I hire the firm for my immigration file?
- Aouchiche Law Firm credits the consultation fee towards your immigration file if you retain the firm on the matter.
- Can Aouchiche Law Firm help my clinic with PHIPA audits and privacy breaches?
- Aouchiche Law Firm advises healthcare providers on privacy compliance, from PHIPA audits and privacy impact assessments to managing breaches and handling data transfers. It also helps with privacy policies, information requests, and consent and capacity questions.
- Can I meet Sarah Aouchiche in Arabic or Portuguese?
- Aouchiche Law Firm's Sarah Aouchiche serves clients in English, French, Spanish and Arabic, and in functional Portuguese. The wider team also works in Russian.
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