The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino is Senior Counsel and Strategic Advisor to the firm at Cassels. A former federal prosecutor, Cabinet Minister, and Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Mark Carney, he brings two decades of leadership in the law, government and public policy.
Mr. Mendicino led the Prime Minister’s Office through a national election and one of the most significant transitions of government in recent decades, advancing major projects legislation, working with Premiers and Indigenous leaders, and closely advising the Prime Minister while at the White House, NATO, and G7.
Elected three times as the Member of Parliament for Eglinton–Lawrence, Mr. Mendicino served in Cabinet as Minister of Immigration and Minister of Public Safety and chaired the Five Eyes on behalf of Canada.
A Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, he contributes to national conversations on governance and the rule of law, and frequently appears in the media as a commentator.
