Our Partners

Jacqueline Swaisland is an award-winning lawyer, author, and educator. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a former Member of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board. Jacqueline’s practice encompasses all areas of Canadian immigration and refugee law. She also acts for both individuals and organizations in cases involving the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. She is an experienced litigator, having regularly appeared before the Immigration and Refugee Board and all levels of court, including multiple times before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Warda Shazadi Meighen is an experienced advocate and recognized as a Leading Practitioner (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) and a Rising Star (2020) by Lexpert. She holds a graduate degree from the University of Oxford. Warda has appeared at various levels of courts and tribunals, including the Supreme Court of Canada. For the past decade, Warda has taught law at Ontario law schools, including at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law for the past 7 years. Warda began her legal career as a corporate lawyer at in New York. She previously also worked on prosecutions in relation to the Rwandan genocide at the United Nations Tribunal for Rwanda.

Erin V. Simpson is a former Supreme Court clerk who graduated with honours from the University of Toronto faculty of law. She is an award-winning litigator, and a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at law schools. Erin practices all areas of immigration and refugee law, and represents clients at all levels of the Immigration and Refugee Board, Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. Erin has a particular expertise in immigration and refugee law issues at the Canada-U.S. border, having acted as counsel to Amnesty International, the Canadian Council for Refugees and the Canadian Council of Churches in their constitutional challenge to the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement since 2017.

Jonathan Porter is an Associate Counsel and practices in all areas of Canadian refugee and immigration law. Jonathan has represented clients at various levels of the Immigration and Refugee Board, Federal Court as well as at the Supreme Court of Canada. He regularly works on cases involving complex inadmissibility and enforcement issues, finding creative legal solutions to assist individuals to obtain status and remain in Canada.

Ali is an associate at Landings LLP. She graduated at the top of her class as the gold medalist from Osgoode Hall Law School. Ali brings a combination of academic excellence and dedicated client advocacy to her work.

Ali came to Landings after clerking at the Court of Appeal for Ontario where she worked closely with three appellate judges, conducting complex legal research, analyzing written submissions to assist in preparing for hearings, and editing draft decisions.

Layali Awwad is an associate lawyer at Landings LLP.

Prior to her role at Landings LLP, Layali clerked at the Federal Court and articled at McCarthy Tétrault LLP. During law school, Layali worked in immigration and refugee law at the Community Legal Services of Ottawa’s Immigration Division and at another leading immigration law firm where she conducted legal research and drafted submissions.

Kassandra Neranjan (she/her) is an associate at Landings LLP.  She represents clients at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada and in Federal Court.

Kassandra has experience in complex refugee matters pertaining to security issues, inadmissibility, and gender-based violence and persecution. Kassandra also has a passion for systemic litigation cases such as class actions and test cases to advance refugee law in Canada.

She is empaneled with Legal Aid Ontario.

Camille (she/her) is an associate at Landings LLP and practices in all areas of immigration and refugee law. She graduated as the silver medalist from the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law.  She also has an LLM from the University of Toronto and degrees from the Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and the Université Catholique de Lille. 

Prior to joining Landings LLP, Camille clerked at the Federal Court, assisting a judge with research and legal analysis, often in immigration and refugee cases.

Yulia Pliassounov (she/her) is the Senior Practice Manager at Landings LLP. She graduated with a Bachelor (Hons) in Sociology and Political Science from McMaster University. Yulia is also a licensed Immigration Consultant with the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) and a member in good standing with CAPIC (Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants). Yulia has a decade of experience in immigration.

Hannah Deloughery (she/her) is a law clerk at Landings LLP. She understands that navigating the immigration and refugee process can be overwhelming for clients and is committed to providing compassionate, supportive and accessible services. Hannah graduated with highest honours from Carleton University with a degree in Human Rights and Political Science. Hannah has a deep understanding of Canadian immigration systems and processes.

Fungai Guta (she/her) is a law clerk at Landings LLP. She graduated with honours from the Community Worker program at George Brown College. She was drawn to the program’s focus on social justice, human rights, and the practical application of an anti-oppressive framework in service delivery and advocacy. Fungai enjoys working with clients and is dedicated to bringing care and compassion as they navigate the complex and potentially overwhelming immigration and refugee process.

Nabila Kalid Abdurhim (they/them) is a Legal Assistant at Landings LLP. They received their law clerk diploma from Humber College (2018) then went on to complete their undergraduate degree in Philosophy at York University (2022).

Faranak Miraghaee (she/her) is a Legal Assistant at Landings LLP and a Licensed Paralegal with the Law Society of Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Gender and Women’s Studies from York University and completed the Accelerated Paralegal Program at Seneca College. Prior to joining Landings LLP, Faranak worked as a Constituency Assistant to the Member of Parliament for Willowdale.