Civil Law · Ontario, Canada
Lawyer · Avocats MGL Lawyers Professional Corporation · Ottawa
Matthew is a bilingual lawyer based in Ottawa and serves clients across Canada. He serves the clients of Avocats MGL Lawyers on a part-time basis in providing immigration law advice and strategic legal services.
He is a proud Franco-Albertan from a French Community in Northern Alberta. He completed a bilingual Bachelor of Arts at the University of Alberta’s Faculté St-Jean in 2007. He is highly passionate and remains involved since this time in helping organize and offer French services to French Speaking Minority Communities across Canada.
Matthew was called to the Ontario Bar in 2012 after obtaining a bilingual J.D. degree from the University of Ottawa’s French Common Law Program. Matthew then practiced law in French and English in Ontario, focusing in the areas of employment, labour, litigation and human rights for more than 12 years.
Matthew is a skilled litigator and negotiator. He has advocated for clients across Canada in various litigation settings, such as before the Ontario Provincial Court, the Ontario Small Claims Court, the Ontario Superior Court, the Ontario Divisional Court, and the Federal Court of Canada. He has also appeared before a wide variety of administrative Tribunals, Boards, Commissions, Government Departments, including at grievance hearings, harassment investigations, administrative law hearings, privacy hearings, classification matters, and others.
Matthew helps build, refine and deliver practical strategies for complex situations of all kinds. His skills in litigation, legal interpretation, administrative law procedure and French Services lead him to be called upon to provide high-level legal services for MGL Lawyers’s clients.
If you require support with a legal matter, or require an experienced legal advisor, Matthew will be pleased to assist you, in French or English.