About Rocco Galati Law Firm, Professional Corporation

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Rocco Galati Law Firm, Professional Corporation is a small Toronto firm that practises tax, civil, criminal, immigration, and administrative litigation, much of it built around constitutional challenges to government action. Rocco Galati founded the firm and directs its tax and civil litigation work. Galati was born in Calabria, Italy, and the family immigrated to Toronto in the mid 1960s. Galati studied poetry in Montreal before earning a B.A. from McGill University and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. Before entering private practice, Galati worked at the federal Department of Justice.

Three other lawyers round out the practice. Paul Slansky leads criminal litigation and holds degrees from the University of Windsor and the University of Detroit. Amina Sherazee directs immigration, human rights, and women's litigation and studied law at Windsor. Manuel Azevedo leads administrative law litigation and holds an LL.M. from the London School of Economics. The firm shares its College Street office, phone, and fax number with the Constitutional Rights Centre, a non profit Galati incorporated in Ontario in November 2004 to help fund constitutional litigation without government money, relying instead on private donations and pro bono work from lawyers and law students.

Milestones & recognition

  • Rocco Galati and the Constitutional Rights Centre took part in the Nadon Reference, a Supreme Court of Canada case challenging the eligibility of Justice Marc Nadon's appointment to the Court.
  • Canadian Lawyer named Galati to its Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers list in 2015, in the Criminal/Human Rights Law category.
  • The Law Society of Upper Canada elected Galati a bencher in 2015.
  • The firm and the Constitutional Rights Centre have also taken part in the Mainville Reference and a constitutional challenge to changes made to the Citizenship Act under Bill C-24.

In the community

  • The Constitutional Rights Centre funds its constitutional litigation through private donations and pro bono work from lawyers and law students, without government funding.
  • The Centre publishes case comments, a newsletter, and press releases, and takes part in public education through speaking, seminars, and conferences on constitutional issues.

Good to know

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This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
1986–2000 · median 33 years in practice 2 of 2 lawyers
Law schools
University of Windsor (2) 2 of 2 lawyers

The neighbourhood

The firm's College Street address sits in Toronto's Little Italy, a strip that's been a hub for the city's Italian community since immigrants began settling there in the early 1900s, reaching its peak Italian identity by the 1930s and 40s. Cafe Diplomatico, open on the strip since 1968, and the annual Good Friday procession are among the traditions that have outlasted the area's later shift toward a broader, more mixed population. Galati, whose own family immigrated from Calabria, Italy, in the 1960s, still runs the firm from a three storey house on the street, according to a Globe and Mail profile.

Legal support staff 1

Law clerks, paralegals and articling students at this firm. They are not licensed lawyers.

Frequently asked questions

Does Rocco Galati Law Firm handle constitutional and Charter cases?
Yes. The firm and the related Constitutional Rights Centre focus much of their work on constitutional and Charter litigation, including cases that have gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, such as the challenge to Justice Marc Nadon's appointment.
Can the firm represent me in a criminal matter?
Yes. Paul Slansky directs the firm's criminal litigation practice.
Does the firm handle immigration and human rights cases?
Yes. Amina Sherazee directs the firm's immigration, human rights, and women's litigation.
What is the Constitutional Rights Centre, and is it the same as the law firm?
The Constitutional Rights Centre is a separate, donor funded non profit that Rocco Galati founded in 2004 to help pay for constitutional cases. It shares the firm's College Street office, phone, and fax number, but it isn't the law firm itself.
Does the firm handle tax law?
Yes. Rocco Galati, the firm's founder, directs its tax and civil litigation work.
Where is the firm located?
The firm is at 1062 College Street in Toronto's Little Italy neighbourhood.

Where to find them

1062 College Street, Toronto, ON M6H 1A9 · 416-530-9684

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