York University Acknowledges Multicultural Law Firm’s 50th Anniversary

Multicultural law firm celebrates 50 years

A Cooksville multilingual general practice law firm has served several generations of the area’s Polish- and English-speaking communities. Now, Malicki Sanchez is celebrating its 50th year of service, wrote The Mississauga News May 11.

“We speak a number of languages in the office,” said Marek Malicki (LLB ’71), son of the firm’s founder, the late Stefan Malicki (BARR ’59). Malicki is a lawyer and deputy small claims court judge. “Because of the diversity of Mississauga, a lot of clients prefer speaking to a lawyer or professional in a language they feel comfortable in,” he said of what makes the firm successful.

His father, Stefan, was a judge in Poland before the outbreak of the Second World War. He and his wife, Fela, and two children, Marek and Krzysztof, came to Canada in 1952.

In Canada, he took on several jobs and then, while working to support his family, Stefan entered Osgoode Hall Law School and set up his own practice in 1959. After Marek graduated from Osgoode, he joined his father’s firm in 1973 and the practice became Malicki Sanchez.

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