Dora Toderas (née Calian) is a Romanian consultant solicitor at IMD Solicitors. She has particular expertise in international family, immigration and litigation matters, including:
- Divorce
- Children
- Financial issues
- EU Settlement Scheme applications
- Visas
- Contractual disputes
- Debt recovery
Dora graduated from the Faculty of Law at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca in 2013 and later pursued master’s courses in civil law at the same faculty. She passed the Bucharest Bar on her first attempt immediately after graduation and began practicing as a trainee lawyer.
From 2016, she practiced as a fully qualified lawyer with the Cluj Bar, building extensive experience in family and litigation.
Dora ran her own law office in Cluj-Napoca while simultaneously working as a lawyer at the Legal Resources Centre in Bucharest and as a legal researcher at the Faculty of Social Work and Sociology at Babeș-Bolyai University.
She participated in conferences and TVR Cluj broadcasts ("Without Prejudice" 2018 and "Without Prejudice" 2019) wrote articles (Check the Human Rights Paper, and the Fiat Justitia Paper) and contributed to recommendations for changes in practice, public policy, and legislation, particularly in the area of access to justice for vulnerable groups, orphans, and people with mental disabilities in state care (Check the UBB Book, Pata Rat Study Case and Turturica Study Case).
Click here to find out more about Dora's work back in Romania as interviewed by Clujust, and here to read about successful case as detailed by Libertatea.
Dora relocated to the UK and, after successfully completing the SRA’s Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme exams, qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2022.
Before joining IMD Solicitors, Dora worked at Hallett & Co Solicitors, one of the oldest law firms in Kent, and at Wildcat Law, a barrister-led Legal 500 “Firm to Watch”, and she assisted Romanian, British and other international clients across a variety of legal matters.
Click here to find out more about Dora as interviewed by Manole UK in 2024.
