Jeffrey Fisher

About Jeffrey

Jeffrey Fisher is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and has practised criminal and quasi-criminal defence law for well over a decade. As co-founding partner of Mor Fisher LLP, he brings extensive courtroom experience and is widely respected by Crown Attorney offices and the judiciary across Central Ontario.

Jeff’s approach combines analytical precision with relentless advocacy. He is known for identifying technical defences that others might overlook — particularly in cases involving forensic evidence and complex financial records. He has successfully negotiated the withdrawal of hundreds of charges before they ever reached a courtroom.

Complex and Lengthy Matters

Jeff’s practice centres on the cases that demand the most from defence counsel: long, evidence-heavy prosecutions where the stakes are measured in years or in a client’s liberty for life.

Homicide. Jeff defends clients charged with murder and manslaughter, from the first bail hearing through preliminary inquiry, trial, and sentencing. These files turn on forensic evidence, opinion evidence from pathologists and other professionals, voluminous disclosure, and the careful development of defences such as self-defence, provocation, and lack of intent. His recent work has included homicide cases across Simcoe County, reported in the press listed below.

Sexual assault litigation. Jeff has significant experience defending sexual assault and related charges, including the complex procedural terrain these trials involve: applications concerning a complainant’s prior sexual history and private records, the admissibility of text messages and other digital evidence, and credibility-driven cross-examination conducted within strict statutory limits.

Dangerous offender and long-term offender proceedings. When the Crown seeks to have someone declared a dangerous offender, the possible outcome is an indeterminate sentence — imprisonment with no fixed end date. Jeff has acted for the defence in numerous dangerous offender and long-term offender applications, challenging risk assessments, retaining independent psychiatric and psychological assessors, and building community supervision plans that give the court a realistic alternative to indefinite detention.

Extradition. Jeff has also acted in extradition cases, in which a foreign state seeks to have a person surrendered to face prosecution abroad. These proceedings raise their own questions about the sufficiency of the requesting state’s evidence and the Minister’s decision on surrender.

Practice Focus

• Murder, manslaughter, and other homicide offences
• Sexual assault and sexual interference litigation
• Dangerous offender and long-term offender applications
• Extradition proceedings
• Violent offences including robbery and aggravated assault
• Drug trafficking and possession
• Complex financial crimes and fraud

In the News

• Ont. man sentenced to time served for manslaughter in 2023 Collingwood stabbing — CTV News Barrie
• Dangerous offender hearing continues in sexual assault case — CTV News Barrie
• Youth pleads guilty to robbery in Georgian Mall jewelry store smash-and-grab — CTV News Barrie
• Woman, 18, facing second-degree murder charge granted bail — CTV News Barrie
• Ex-superjail guard gets house arrest for smuggling drugs, smokes — Orillia Matters
• Barrie man convicted in robbery facing deportation, court hears — Barrie Today
• Collingwood, Ont. man accused of 2023 murder granted $15K bail — CTV News Barrie
• Orillia man accused of burning cat expected in plea court — CTV News Barrie
• Rama man handed year of house arrest for dealing crack cocaine — Barrie Today
• Orillia drug dealer pleads guilty, co-accused expected to go free — Barrie Today
• Preliminary hearing continues for 19-year-old Midland woman accused in Orillia murder case — CTV News Barrie

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