How We Fight For You
Criminal Defence
Criminal Code and drug offences, from first appearance through trial and appeal.
Criminal Appeals
Challenging unjust convictions and sentences in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
View Strategy →Assault Defence
Simple assault, assault with a weapon, bodily harm and aggravated assault: what each charge means and how our Barrie lawyers defend them.
View Strategy →Breach of Conditions Defence
Charged with breaching bail, probation or a release order? What the Crown must prove, how a breach affects your other charges, and how to respond.
View Strategy →Bail Hearings & Reviews
Securing your immediate release from custody with effective bail strategies in Barrie and across Ontario.
View Strategy →Dangerous Driving Defence
Dangerous operation charges under the Criminal Code: how they differ from careless driving, the licence consequences, and how they are defended.
View Strategy →Criminal Harassment (Stalking) Defence
Strategic legal defence for criminal harassment and stalking charges in Barrie, Orillia, and across Simcoe County.
View Strategy →Dangerous Offender & Long-Term Offender Applications
Defence for Crown applications to have an offender declared a dangerous offender or long-term offender under Part XXIV of the Criminal Code.
View Strategy →Domestic Assault Defence
Charged with domestic assault in Barrie or Simcoe County? Bail conditions, no-contact orders, getting home, and how these cases are defended.
View Strategy →Drug Impaired Driving Defence
Focused legal defence for charges of operating a vehicle while impaired by drugs or cannabis in Ontario.
View Strategy →Drug Trafficking & Possession Defence
Defending possession, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and trafficking charges under the CDSA, including search and seizure challenges.
View Strategy →Fail to Remain (Hit and Run) Defence
Charged with failing to remain at the scene of a collision? What the Crown must prove and how we defend the charge in Barrie and Simcoe County.
View Strategy →Firearms Offences Defence
Aggressive legal defence for firearms and weapons charges in Barrie, Orillia, and across Simcoe County.
View Strategy →Fraud & White-Collar Defence
Experienced legal defence for complex financial crimes, embezzlement, and fraud over $5,000 in Ontario.
View Strategy →DUI & Impaired Driving Defence
Defending impaired driving, over 80 and refusal charges in Barrie and Simcoe County: the evidence, the Charter issues, and the licence consequences.
View Strategy →Mischief & Property Damage
Mischief and property damage charges explained: what counts as mischief, why the value of the damage matters, and how these cases are defended.
View Strategy →Murder & Manslaughter Defence
First- and second-degree murder and manslaughter explained: how the charges differ, the sentences the Criminal Code sets, and how the defence is built.
View Strategy →Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime
Defence against laundering and possession of proceeds charges, and against the restraint, forfeiture and management orders that freeze property before trial.
View Strategy →Robbery Defence
Aggressive legal defence for robbery and armed robbery charges in Barrie, Orillia, and across Ontario.
View Strategy →Theft & Property Offences
Shoplifting, theft under $5,000 and theft over $5,000: what each charge means, options such as diversion or a discharge, and how we defend them.
View Strategy →Sexual Assault Defence
Discreet, careful defence for people facing sexual assault allegations in Barrie and across Ontario, from the police investigation through trial.
View Strategy →Uttering Threats Defence
Charged with uttering threats under s. 264.1 of the Criminal Code? What the Crown must prove, common defences, and how these cases usually proceed.
View Strategy →Youth Criminal Justice
Dedicated legal defence for young persons charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act in Barrie and across Ontario.
View Strategy →Regulatory & Licensing
Provincial and federal regulatory prosecutions, licensing, and tribunal proceedings.
CVOR & Commercial Vehicle Defence
Defence for carriers and commercial drivers facing CVOR sanctions, MTO audits, and Highway Traffic Act charges in Ontario.
View Strategy →Environmental Prosecutions & MECP Enforcement
Defence for businesses, directors, and officers facing Ministry of the Environment investigations, orders, and charges in Ontario.
View Strategy →Firearms Licence Applications & Revocations
Legal representation for firearms licence applications, revocations, and prohibition order appeals in Ontario.
View Strategy →Firearms Seizure & Forfeiture Hearings
Representation for owners whose firearms were seized by police, at s. 117.05 disposition hearings, s. 490 return applications and forfeiture.
View Strategy →Firearms Licence Revocations & Refusals
Advice and representation for Ontario PAL and RPAL holders facing a licence suspension, revocation, or refusal by the Chief Firearms Officer.
View Strategy →Firearms Prohibition Applications (Section 111)
Representation when police or a CFO apply to prohibit you from possessing firearms under s. 111, s. 110.1 or s. 117.011 of the Criminal Code.
View Strategy →Firearms Compliance: Storage, Transport & Registration
Advice for Ontario firearms owners and businesses on storage, transport, ATTs, registration, transfers, and related Criminal Code charges.
View Strategy →Fish & Wildlife Charges
Defence for hunting and fishing charges laid by conservation officers in Ontario, including seizure, forfeiture and licence suspension consequences.
View Strategy →Liquor & Cannabis Licensing (AGCO)
Representation for bars, restaurants, venues and retail cannabis stores facing AGCO compliance orders, monetary penalties, suspension or revocation.
View Strategy →Professional Discipline & Regulatory Defence
Defence for regulated professionals facing complaints, investigations, and discipline hearings before Ontario regulators.
View Strategy →Prohibited Firearms, the Amnesty & the Buyback
Current guidance for Ontario owners of firearms prohibited since 2020: the amnesty, the compensation program, disposal options, and the SCC appeal.
View Strategy →Occupational Health & Safety Act Charges
Defence for employers, constructors, supervisors and directors facing Ministry of Labour orders and OHSA prosecutions in Ontario.
View Strategy →Regulatory Offences & Provincial Prosecutions
Defence for businesses, directors and individuals facing provincial and federal regulatory charges in Ontario.
View Strategy →Section 74 Reference Hearings
Representation on Firearms Act section 74 references challenging a CFO or Registrar refusal or revocation in the Ontario Court of Justice.
View Strategy →Securities & OSC Enforcement
Defence and pre-charge advocacy for individuals and firms facing Ontario Securities Commission investigations, Tribunal proceedings, and quasi-criminal prosecutions.
View Strategy →Tax Evasion & CRA Criminal Investigations
Defence for individuals and businesses facing CRA criminal investigations and tax prosecutions under the Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act.
View Strategy →Workplace Fatalities & Criminal Negligence
Defence and guidance for companies, directors and supervisors after a death at work — OHSA charges, coroner's inquests and Westray criminal negligence.
View Strategy →White Collar & Corporate Defence
Counsel for businesses, executives, directors and officers facing parallel criminal and regulatory exposure, internal investigations, and disclosure risk.
View Strategy →Advisory
Advice before a charge is laid, for individuals and businesses under investigation.