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Guidy Mamann
Title
Senior Partner
Telephone: (416) 862-0383
Fax: (416) 862-9383
AssistantPhilippa Howell, (416) 862-0000 Ext. 261
Law School
Osgoode Hall Law School
Areas of Expertise
All Canadian Immigration Applications
All Canadian and US Work Visas
Bar Admission
Ontario, 1987
Biography
Mr. Mamann is the founding partner of Mamann, Sandaluk & Kingwell. Mr. Mamann was formerly employed as an immigration officer by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration at Toronto’s Pearson international Airport.
Mr. Mamann studied political science at York University and graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1985. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1987 and has been practising exclusively in the field of Immigration Law since that time.
In 1995, Mr. Mamann was the youngest lawyer to be certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Immigration Law. He is one of only 33 lawyers in Ontario certified in Immigration Law and is one of only 13 lawyers in the province certified as a specialist in Refugee Protection Law. Only 12 lawyers in Ontario are certified in both fields.
Mr. Mamann has served as the president of Toronto’s Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS), and the Programme Co-ordinator for the Immigration Section of the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario.
Many of his high-profile and celebrated cases have attracted local, national, and international attention. He is frequently consulted as an expert by journalists, government, and non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) on matters pertaining to immigration law and policy. He has also been rated as one of Canada's "frequently recommended" immigration lawyers by Lexpert, 'Canada's leading lawyer rating service.
Mr. Mamann has been interviewed extensively by The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Los Angeles Times, as well as CTV, CBC, City TV, BBC and AM640.
Since 2004, Mr. Mamann has been writing a very popular weekly immigration column which appears in Toronto’s Metro News and in several other publications. Mr. Mamann is also frequently asked to speak on various immigration topics in the press and at conferences.
Mr. Mamann is married and has 4 daughters. He enjoys spending time with his family and his hobbies include photography and motorcycles.
Memberships
Law Society of Upper Canada, Member
Canadian Bar Association, Member
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member
Designations
Law Society of Upper Canada
Certified as a Specialist in Immigration and in Refugee Protection Law
Selected Articles and Speaking Engagements
Weekly Immigration Column - 2004-Present
Requirements for NAFTA not so clear, The Lawyers Weekly, October 19th, 2007
Residency Obligations, Canadian Newcomer Magazine, June, 2006
Finding talent in a bigger backyard, Human Resources Professionals Association,
Annual Conference, Toronto Convention Centre, February 1st, 2008
Corporate Relocation Quarterly – Various Dates
Migration Law Review – Various dates
