About Our Firm

Ms. Lewis received her Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from York University in 1985. She completed her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Western Ontario in 1989 and continued on to Osgoode Hall, completing her Master of Law Degree in Administrative Law in 2001. Ms. Lewis has been the Managing Partner at Lewis & Associates since 1991. She has almost three decades of experience representing refugees before the Refugee Protection Division and challenging negative decisions before the Federal Court of Canada. She has taught Immigration and Refugee Law at Carlton University and Western University. Her passion for Immigration and Refugee Law has lead her to build a strong and talented team of lawyers to represent Immigration and Refugee clients with complex and diverse needs, from all over the world. At the beginning of 2019 Ms. Lewis opened the Family Law division of Lewis & Associates, returning to the starting roots of her law career.

Nancy Deskin has been practicing for over 20 years. In her first 8 years she did a combination of litigation and admin law which took her into Court on regular basis including appeals to the Divisional Court, Court if Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Since 2000, she has practiced exclusively in family law. Her approach is to try and negotiate an amicable settlements that are fair. She is savvy in negotiating difficult and complex marriage contracts and separation agreements. However m, if settlement is not an option, she is well versed in Court proceedings, Mediation and Arbitration.

Nancy has sat in the Ontario Bar Association panel as well as the panel for the Office of the Children’s Lawyer.

Nancy’s new position is head of the Lewis & Associates newly launched Family Law Department. She will be actively practicing and mentoring her junior colleagues.

Anoosh Salahshoor is a lawyer based in Toronto. He has appeared before the Superior Court of Justice, Toronto and Hamilton divisions. His guiding principle when advocating for clients is using his empathy and grit to get to the very heart of the matter so his clients’ vision and voice shine through.

Before joining Lewis & Associates, Anoosh was involved in the successful dismissal of a vexatious court action seeking $1.7mil in damages and against sixteen different parties. He was also involved in numerous high-stake real-estate and settlement negotiations and preparation of appeals to different bodies.

Anoosh has a bachelor of Honours from University of Toronto, and completed his law degree at the idyllic Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia.

Before becoming a lawyer, Anoosh worked as an immigration law clerk for many years, advocating for persons that experienced domestic violence, torture, and those with mental health issues.

Upon graduating from law school in 2017, Anoosh completed his articles with a Law Society bencher and a prominent real-estate, wills and estates lawyer in downtown Toronto.

Anoosh assists his clients in a variety immigration, litigation and family matters. His immigration practice involves citizenship law, cessation and vacation, and variety of appellate applications. His family practice involves helping clients with divorce, separation and marriage agreements, spousal and child support, custody, access and division of property.

Anoosh also practices civil litigation, where his focus is on cyber defamation, contractual disputes, and dealing with vexatious parties.

In his free time, Anoosh enjoys reading, playing chess and watching film noir.

Anoosh is fluent in Farsi and Turkish.

Jaclyn Mackenzie joined Lewis & Associates in 2019 after operating as a sole practitioner and working for several boutique family law firms. Jaclyn’s practice has focused exclusively on family law and child protection law since her call to the Ontario bar in 2014.

Jaclyn obtained her Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from Western University in 2010, where she was awarded the University Gold Medal for graduating with the highest academic standing in her degree program. She subsequently received her Juris Doctor from the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in 2013, where she was awarded the Nicholas Bala Award for Student Excellence and the Community Commitment Award.

After law school, Jaclyn continued to volunteer in the field of family law. Jaclyn acted as Chair of the New Professionals Committee for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts for several years. She has served on the committee for the Walsh Family Law Moot. In September 2018, Jaclyn was empanelled as Duty Counsel for Legal Aid Ontario and acted as a panel speaker for the Continuing Professional Development program, “Rules Aren’t Made to be Broken”, where she presented the new changes to the Family Law Rules.

Matthew Schleifer was called to the Ontario bar in 2016 and practices in Family, Refugee, and Criminal law.

During law school Matthew mooted and completed courses in family, refugee and criminal law. As a lawyer, Matthew has appeared in various levels of court including the Ontario Court of Justice, and Ontario Superior Court. In addition, Matthew has trial experience and is a passionate advocate for clients.

When Matthew is not at work, he enjoys travel and sports.

Matthew is also proficient in French.

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Alex Schaefer is an articling student at Lewis and Associates. Alex completed his undergrad at Western University where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Distinction. Prior to going to law school Alex worked as a financial analyst for BMO Bank of Montreal in London, Ontario. Alex graduated from the University of Windsor in 2019 with the degree of Juris Doctor.

During his time at the University of Windsor, Alex was an active member of the Student Law Society. Alex participated in the Zuber Moot in 2018 where him and his moot partner found success. During his 2L summer Alex worked at an intellectual property firm in Montreal, Quebec, where he was part of a team that published a paper regarding Cryptocurrency Regulation in Canada.

Alex will be joining the new family law division at Lewis and Associates.

In his free time Alex enjoys playing golf, hockey and snowboarding