Editorial starting list / Criminal defence
A supplied starting list of ten Ottawa criminal-defence profiles based on peer-review references and current professional profiles. Use it to begin your own review, not as a guarantee of fit, outcome, or urgency assessment.
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Ten profiles to consider
Michael Spratt
The supplied research note describes criminal-law practice, court experience, and peer recognition. Confirm current designations, practice focus, and availability directly with the linked professional source.
Michael Edelson
The supplied research note describes long-standing criminal and regulatory-defence practice, trial experience, and professional recognition. Confirm current details directly with the linked professional source.
AGP LLP
The supplied research note describes criminal appeals and complex-trial experience. Confirm current designations, court experience, and practice focus directly with the linked firm source.
Fasken
The supplied research note describes decades of criminal-law practice and complex or white-collar matters. Confirm current role, focus, and availability directly with the linked professional source.
Michael A. Johnston
The supplied research note describes criminal and quasi-criminal litigation, jury trials, appeals, and regulatory matters. Confirm current designations and practice focus directly with the linked source.
Edelson Foord Law
The supplied research note describes trials, appeals, constitutional challenges, investigations, and regulatory matters. Confirm current role and practice focus directly with the linked professional source.
Frouhar Law
The supplied research note describes Ottawa criminal-defence work across serious allegations and driving offences. Confirm current services, languages, and availability directly with the linked professional source.
Armoured Suits
The supplied research note describes criminal-defence work involving domestic offences, sexual assault, fraud, drug charges, and impaired driving. Confirm current focus and role directly with the linked professional source.
David Anber’s Law Office
The supplied research note describes criminal and traffic-defence practice across Ontario and Quebec. Confirm current jurisdiction, focus, and availability directly with the linked professional source.
Gowling WLG
The supplied research note describes criminal, white-collar, constitutional, and regulatory matters. Confirm current role, recognition, and practice focus directly with the linked professional source.
How this list was assembled
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