Allison Pyper (B.A.)(Hons.), (J.D.)
During her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, Allison traveled abroad to work with refugees in India and to work in a low-income community in South Africa. She also worked closely with the regional developmental coordinator of Amnesty International in Toronto. These experiences engendered in her a passion for refugee rights, which prompted her to work as a research associate with El-Farouk Khaki, a prominent Toronto refugee lawyer and human rights activist and someone she is still proud to call a friend and mentor.
In the last four years (4) Allison has narrowed her practice exclusively to criminal and immigration law. She has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario as well as regularly appearing at every level of tribunal (appellate or not) in immigration and refugee law, detention reviews and the Federal Court as well as the Consent and Capacity Board and the Ontario Review Board. She has been co-counsel on First Degree and Second Degree Homicide Trials and has represented clients on every range of criminal offence or immigration matter. She is an exceptionally dedicated and zealous advocate who focuses on the quality of representation to her clients over the quantity of clients she agrees to take on. She has a keen interest in the overlap of Mental Health Law, Criminal Law and Immigration Law.
In her spare time (when not in a courtroom) Allie enjoys traveling (A total of six continents and over 75 countries), scuba diving, running, cooking and the Blue Jays.
Ellie Minchopoulos
Ellie majored in Criminology and had had a double minor in classics and sociology graduating with High distinction in June of 2016. Ellie is a 2019 J.D. Candidate. Throughout her tenure in undergraduate she worked at two separate boutique law firms, one specializing in civil litigation and then the next one specializing in criminal defence law. She has extensive document review , drafting and client interview experience and provides invaluable support to Ms. Mangat and Ms. Pyper in the areas of criminal law and immigration & refugee work. She has a strong passion for social justice and challenging social inequality by access to justice.
Some of Ellie’s other interest include: hockey (she has played for fourteen years), Greek and roman history, travel and volunteer work with children.
Rohan George
Throughout his legal education Rohan demonstrated an acute interest in criminal justice reform, immigration law and the developing field of mental health law. During law school, Rohan volunteered as a caseworker at the community legal clinic
where he conducted client intake and supported review counsel through research and drafting memoranda. He also volunteered with the Windsor SSP program assisting asylum seekers through the refugee claims process.
In his second year Rohan was awarded a Social Justice Fellowship to work with the Ontario Justice Education Network in Thunder Bay. He conducted research on Fly-In Court Operations and Public Legal Education in Northern Ontario while working with various stakeholders in the legal community. He received the Joel Wargon award for achieving the highest mark in the course Immigration Law & Procedure as well as the Robert J Van Kessel award for his paper on corporate liability reform in Canada. He is fluent in Tamil and able to assist Tamil speaking clients.
Rohan enjoys podcasts, playing the guitar, weightlifting and historical fiction.