Amanda Mitchell -  Senior U.S. Immigration Lawyer

Amanda Mitchell, B.A (Hons.), L.L.B

Senior Immigration Lawyer – U.S. Team Lead

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Amanda has extensive knowledge and experience handling various U.S. and Canadian immigration matters, including employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions, family-based immigration, citizenship and naturalization, and U.S. inadmissibility issues. She has determined immigration strategies and provided legal guidance to multinational corporations, small businesses and individuals operating across many different industries.

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Prior to practicing immigration law, Amanda worked as a defense litigator in New York representing commercial companies, real estate management companies, municipal entities, and major insurance carriers. Alongside her work as a litigator, Amanda has assisted with an assortment of legal matters for a developing entrepreneurial musical theatre company.

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Amanda obtained her LL.B. (Hons) Law Degree from Cardiff University Law School, UK. She went on to receive her Postgraduate LPC with distinction from The University of Law, UK. Amanda is a member of the New York state bar, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Law Society of Ontario, and is a licensed Foreign Legal Consultant in the province of Ontario.

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Through First Generation Network, Amanda mentors first-year law students currently enrolled at the University of Toronto and Ottawa. She is also a mentor to NCA students who have recently immigrated to Canada and are working towards becoming lawyers themselves.