Tatiana Gomez was called to the Barreau du Quebec in 2009. She has over 12 of years of experience doing advocacy work with individuals and collaborating closely with community organizations to defend individual and collective rights.
Currently, Tatiana works as the Immigration Specialist at Concordia University where she works with international students. She runs a small private practice that works with a limited number of individuals and focuses on working closely with community organizations and social movements on a variety of migrant justice issues.
From 2009 to 2021, Tatiana ran a full-time law practice in all areas of immigration and refugee law. She specialized in complex matters usually involving refugee claims, inadmissibility, exemptions on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, and family reunification.
From 2016 to 2020, Tatiana also acted as outside counsel for an immigration firm that works exclusively with international students. She specialized in complex files involving applicants with a history of multiple rejections.
Tatiana has also worked as an educator and in program review and development in various immigration and refugee law programs. Most recently, from 2015 to 2021, she was a Course Lead and Instructor with the University of British Columbia (UBC), Certificate in Immigration, Laws, Policies and Procedures program (Introduction to Immigration Law Course). She also taught “Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications, Appeals, and Detentions” and “Refugee Protection”.
Tatiana provides popular education trainings to individuals directly affected by the immigration system and to the community workers and activists that work with migrant communities. She believes in translating legal systems for community members to build tools for empowerment.
Tatiana mentors junior practitioners to sustain community lawyering efforts. Prior to becoming a lawyer, she was a social worker and a community organizer.
Tatiana was born into a working class, immigrant family and is the first in her family to attend university.
Education:
Bachelor in Civil Law (BCL), McGill University, 2008
Bachelor in Common Law (LLB), McGill University, 2008
Graduate Diploma in Community Economic Development, Concordia University, 2004
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), McGill University, 2002
