Naseem Banu Mithoowani

After attending Osgoode Hall Law School, Naseem was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2008. Since 2010, she has practiced exclusively in the areas of immigration and refugee law at a prominent and internationally known law firm.

Naseem has appeared before all levels of the Immigration Division and Refugee Protection Division and regularly argues judicial review applications before the Federal Court. She practices in the areas of business immigration, personal immigration and administrative law.

Outside of her legal practice, Naseem is an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she teaches immigration and refugee law.

In 2021, Naseem was appointed by the Federal Government to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, where she served as a part-time adjudicator.

Naseem has been named a top lawyer under 40 by Lexpert Magazine and a social change maker (2021) by The Peak magazine.

Naseem serves on the board of directors for Islamic Relief Canada and the Crescent Town Community Club. She also provides assistance as an advisory committee member for a national security hotline at the University of Toronto and the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society.