About us

Kes is the principal lawyer of Kes Posgate Law.

Kes specializes in immigration and refugee law. Through this work, Kes has appeared before the Federal Court and all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Kes also frequently prepares written applications to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Canada Border Services Agency.

In addition to private practice, Kes is employed as an adjunct instructor at Queen’s University, Faculty of Law in the Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law. Prior to founding Kes Posgate Law, Kes articled at the Federal Court as a judicial law clerk and then worked as an associate lawyer at one of Canada’s leading immigration and refugee law firms.

Kes holds a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology & Equity Studies from the University of Toronto.

During law school, Kes worked with legal service providers and organizations in Vancouver’s downtown east side, representing individuals in a diversity of legal matters. Kes received several awards for that work, including a Law Foundation of British Columbia Public Interest Award. 

Kes is a member of the Refugee Lawyers Association of Ontario and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, the latter of which Kes has represented as counsel in strategic litigation. Kes is an active volunteer for the Immigration and Refugee Legal Clinic for LGBTQ+ Individuals at the 519 Centre in Toronto. Kes has also volunteered as a coach for the University of Toronto team in the Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Law Moot competition, and as a coach and judge in the Federal Courts’ Exchequer Cup.