Debbie Rachlis Law

About Debbie Rachlis Law

Debbie Rachlis Law is a solo immigration and refugee law practice on Danforth Avenue in Toronto. Debbie Rachlis was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2015 after earning a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, a BA from Trent University, and an MA in political economy from Carleton University. Rachlis articled and then worked as an associate at Waldman & Associates, a Toronto immigration firm, until 2018, spent several years as a staff lawyer at the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario, and returned to private practice in October 2022.

The practice handles refugee claims and appeals, permanent residence and Express Entry applications, temporary residence, family sponsorship, inadmissibility matters, and citizenship applications. Rachlis appears before all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board and the Federal Court of Canada, and has represented public interest interveners at the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Rachlis also teaches a course on refugee protection and trauma-informed client service in Queen's University's Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law program and serves on the board of directors of the Junior Refugee & Immigration Lawyers Network, and speaks English with intermediate French.