Attorney Profiles

VERONIQUE MALKA, B.C.L., LL.B., is a Canadian attorney from Ontario, Canada, with a license of Foreign Legal Consultant from the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Veronique attended McGill University's National Program from 1989 to 1993. She has a Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B). Veronique worked as a research student at the Quebec Court of Appeal and completed a research internship with the Canadian Jewish Congress on the Supreme Court issue of prosecution of Nazi war criminals. She also worked as law student in a civil litigation firm in London, England.

Veronique completed her Articles of Clerkship and practiced law as a Barrister & Solicitor in Toronto until 2003. She litigated family law cases, and also handled a variety of immigration matters ranging from refugee claims to family-based sponsorship applications. Trained in International Law at the Canadian Human Rights Commission, she served for several years as Reconsideration Officer for the Ontario Human Rights Commission, in Toronto. She found herself merging her international law background to her experience in family law as of 1999, when she began to take on international cases of children abducted under the Hague Convention. She has appeared on television and radio throughout Canada and has written on a variety of global topics including mobility rights and international child abductions.

Veronique brings over a decade of Canadian legal experience to the New Jersey and New York area. She is singled out as a Canadian Immigration attorney able to advise clients who are located in the USA about their rights and options to move to Canada. Generally, the Canadian immigration lawyers are located in Canada, often unable to meet their clients in the USA. Clients appreciate being able to have their Canadian lawyer on their "home turf." Veronique manages the Canadian Division of Nachman & Associates, P.C. a U.S. based immigration firm, with offices in New York, New Jersey, Montreal and Toronto.

Veronique is a native of Montreal. She looks forward to helping anyone who is looking to relocate to Canada. She caters to individuals as well as to corporate structures, and speaks English, French and Spanish fluently.

Areas of Practice

• Canadian Outbound Immigration
• Inbound U.S. Immigration Guidance
• Naturalization & Citizenship
• Visas to enter US or Canada
• Temporary Work and Student Permits
• Renewal of Canadian Passport in the USA
• Hague Convention litigation
• Visas

Bar Admissions

• Ontario, 1995
• Canada, 1995
• New Jersey, 2006

Education

• McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  L.L.B.
  Law Review: McGill University Law Review, 1988 - 1989
  
  
• McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  B.C.L.
  
  
• McGill University - Faculty of Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Major: Anthropology
  
  

Published Works

• "Ou sont mes enfants", Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario Gazette, 2001
• "Where are my Children: Workings and Pitfalls of the Hague Convention", Immigration Lawyers Weekly, New Jersey, 2005
• The I-do's of Immigration, JTO Magazine, Toronto, 2006
• Lawyers without Borders, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, USA, October, 2007

Representative Clients

• Private Individuals - Immigration and Family Law Matters

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Speaker, Importing Foreign Talent to Canada, Brunel Multec, Inc., Marriott Hotel, Montreal, 2006
• Speaker, Canadian Immigration: What's Shaking North of the Border, Lorman, Tudor Hotel, New York, 2007
• Speaker, How to Immigrate to Canada, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 2007
• Guest Speaker, Immigration and Family Law Issues, Sister to Sister
• Guest Panelist, Immigration Law and Employer Compliance: A New Era for Employer Liability, December 12, 2008, New York, NY

Honors and Awards

• Bar Admission Course Honors - Civil Litigation, 1993 - 1995
• Law Students Association - McGill - Participation Award, 1991 - 1997
• Award of Merit, July 2008, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Washington, USA (Received in recognition of outstanding work done in conjuntion with International Abductions)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Law Society of Upper Canada, 1995 - Present
  Member
  
  
• L'Association des Juristes d'expression Francaise de l'Ontario, 1999 - 2004
  Member
  
  
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Canada Chapter
  Member
  
  
• Canadian Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Sister to Sister - Passaic, Clifton Chapter
  Founder
  
  
• Sister to Sister - Passaic, Clifton Chapter
  Co-Chair
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Silber & Fridman, Paralegal - Foreign Attorney, 2003 - 2005
• Legal Aid Ontario, Staff Lawyer, 1999 - 2002

Pro Bono Activities

• Reseau des femmes du sud de l'Ontario - Assistance to and Advocacy for French-Speaking Women Immigrating to Ontario, Canada, 1997 - 2002
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children-Representation of clients in Hague Convention abduction proceedings between Canada and USA

Ancillary Businesses

• Reconsideration Officer - Ontario Human Rights Commission

Languages

• English
• French
• Spanish

Birth Information

• Montreal, Quebec, Canada