About
Asher Frankel is a Toronto lawyer who joined the immigration law team at Devry Smith Frank LLP (DSF) in early 2014. He brings over 25 years of experience in immigration law for both Canada and the United States.
Asher practises in all areas related to Canadian and U.S. business immigration law, with emphasis on cross-border temporary movement of employees under NAFTA, as well as immigration provisions of universal application. He has substantial experience assisting with employee mobility of multinational companies with worldwide operations in numerous industrial sectors. He also represents individuals in various types of applications for permanent residence. In addition, he assists foreign nationals in the U.S. with consular processing of visa applications at U.S. posts in Canada.
Asher holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto, an M.Sc. from Yeshiva University in New York City and a J.D. from New York Law School. He is admitted to practise in the province of Ontario and the state of Florida.
TESTIMONIALS
“I had an excellent experience working with Asher and his assistant, Wendy, on my PR application. From the beginning, they were extremely professional, organized, and supportive throughout the entire process.
Asher is very knowledgeable and made sure every part of my application was handled properly and carefully. Wendy was also amazing to work with — she was always responsive, helpful, and kept everything well organized. Their communication and attention to detail made the whole process much less stressful.
Thanks to their guidance and hard work, my PR application was successfully finalized. I truly appreciate the effort and dedication they put into my case.
I highly recommend Asher and his team to anyone who needs immigration assistance. They are professional, reliable, and genuinely care about their clients. Thank you again, Asher and Wendy, for all your help!” – Mohamed A.
Seminars
HR/Employment Seminar - September 13, 2018
HR/Employment Seminar - October 13, 2016
Immigration Issues for Cross-Border Employees
HR/Employment Seminar - June 2, 2016
Employer Immigration Compliance
Family Law Seminar January 20, 2015 - Video Archive
Presentation Handouts - Common Legal Mistakes in Separation / Divorce
Recorded January 20, 2015
Details
Of interest to:
Therapists, social workers, mediators, non-family law lawyers, marriage counselors, accountants, financial planners, doctors or anyone who might have questions regarding any family law related issues. We will be presenting basic family law and common family law “misconceptions” for helping professionals to understand how things might work out for their clients.
Topics:
- Difficult spousal support issues post “Guidelines”;
- Keeping your scary spouse away with a restraining order;
- Why going to Family Mediation without consulting a lawyer is like playing dodge ball blindfolded;
- Immigration consequences of relationship breakdown;
- Bad ideas in custody cases – “outside the box” strategies that people use;
- Equalization of “What?” – property division on marriage breakdown;
- Equalization of net family properties and common law couples;
- Weird and archaic solutions to bad financial separations (trust claims);
- How to keep yourself from getting played – the benefits of a marriage contract or cohabitation agreement
DSF’s Family Law Seminar
2014 Foreign Worker and Employment Law Updates
At Devry Smith Frank LLP’s Human Resource Seminar, Toronto immigration lawyer Asher Frankel covers important topics in relation to dealing with foreign worker updates.
In April 2013, one of Canada’s largest banks brought in Indian foreign workers and one of the employees in the bank went public stating that he was asked to train foreign workers in order to replace him, which introduced the terms off-shoring and out-sourcing, resulting in job loss in Canada. Employers are to first hire Canadians before reaching out to the foreign worker community in order to protect the Canadian labour market.
The temporary foreign worker program has focused on the labour market opinion confirming that there was a thorough search made in the labour market to first hire a Canadian employee.
Frankel covers all of these important topics and more regarding foreign updates.
2014 Employment Law and Immigration Law Updates
At Devry Smith Frank
LLP's Employment Seminar, Toronto immigration lawyer Asher Frankel covers updates in employment law and immigration law in 2014. "To say that 2013 was an eventful year from an immigration perspective is a bit of an understatement," Frankel says. As a result of the regulatory December 31 2013 amendments, immigration now has sweeping powers to compel disclosure by employers and can enforce serious consequences for non-compliant employers. They may conduct warrantless searches of employer's premises and interview even Canadian citizens that are employed there. As a result of these changes, immigration has the power to go back six years in records due to Employer Compliance Reviews. Frankel covers all of these important topics and more regarding employment law and immigration law updates.
