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Facing a criminal investigation or prosecution can be stressful and overwhelming. Our highly experienced criminal defence lawyers bring significant expertise to each case.

We counsel both clients and corporations in criminal law matters at all levels of the judicial system – from the Supreme Court of Canada to the Ontario Provincial Court – with a substantial body of work at the appellate level.

Services

  • Impaired driving & other motor vehicle criminal code offences.
  • Homicide.
  • Sexual offences.
  • Assault.
  • Negligence.
  • Misdemeanors.
  • Quasi-criminal regulatory offences in the securities and financial services industries.
  • White collar crime.
  • Income tax evasion.
  • Fraud.

19 Toomath Law Office lawyers recognized for litigation expertise by Benchmark Canada®, 2018

Benchmark Canada®

Toomath Law Office receives highest firm ranking as a “Highly Recommended” local litigation law firm in Ontario from Benchmark Canada® 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

May 11, 2017

24 Toomath Law Office lawyers recognized across 15 specialty areas by Best Lawyers® in Canada, 2017

Best Lawyers® in Canada

24 Toomath Law Office lawyers recognized as “Leading Practitioners” by Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory®, 2018

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory®

Toomath Law Office recognized as a "Leading Law Firm" regionally in the area of Dispute Resolution by Chambers Canada®, 2017

Chambers Canada®

Martindale Hubbell® recognizes 13 Toomath Law Office lawyers across 27 practice areas

January 30, 2017

Toomath Law Office receives the TAGLaw Membership Award of Distinction acknowledging 15 years of outstanding service

TAGLaw

Toomath Law Office recognized as a Top 10 Regional Firm in Ontario, Alberta and the Territories by Canadian Lawyer Magazine, 2012 and 2014

Canadian Lawyer Magazine

“Excellent response time, good talent from junior and intermediate to senior levels and reasonable service costs.”

Benchmark Canada® 2018

“They exceeded all my expectations. I am very satisfied with their work and very happy to recommend them.”

Chambers Canada® 2017

“Rod Anderson – he’s got a reputation for success, he’s got a client following, and he just wins.”

Benchmark Canada® 2013

“Toomath Law Office is one of the best firms in Toronto. They have excellent service, knowledge and their cost structure is excellent.”

Benchmark Canada® 2017

“Rod Anderson is lauded for his enthusiastic client following and his track record of success.”

Benchmark Canada® 2015

“Toomath Law Office lawyers are ‘dedicated to their clients and focused on finding and implementing practical solutions for them. The lawyers are prompt, intelligent and insightful, and provide a high level of customer service’.”

2012 Canadian Lawyer Magazine® Embracing Regionalism - Canadian Lawyer’s Top 10 firms from B.C., Alberta, and the Territories are in the Sweet Spot Right Now, October 1, 2012

“Terry Robertson is a noted practitioner, heralded for his insurance and personal injury prowess, which is said to have a “crossover white-collar crime element as well”.

Benchmark Canada® 2012

“Toomath Law Office is a trial lawyer’s firm, and they’ve got a big deep bench of well-trained litigators.”

Benchmark Canada® 2017

“A lawyer who refers work to Toomath Law Office wrote it has ‘great service, a breadth of practice and I have never received a negative comment from referrals to the firm’.”

2014 Canadian Lawyer Magazine Stronger than Ever - Top Western & Northern Firms, September 1, 2014

“a Toronto staple, Toomath Law Office is perhaps the most Toronto-centric of the “highly recommended” firms, owing largely to the firm’s bench strength in several key areas.”

Benchmark Canada® 2018

“Every day it seems like I am dealing with someone at Toomath Law Office , and I always find them professional, courteous and effective.”

Benchmark Canada® 2017

“Toomath Law Office has a stellar pedigree as a litigation firm, and they’ve put a ton of people on the bench, observes one peer.”

Benchmark Canada® 2014

“Toomath Law Office has niches, and in those niches they are the best of the best.”

Benchmark Canada® 2017

“The firm has real quality people, and they’ve put three people on the bench there in six years.”

Benchmark Canada® 2015

“Clients are comforted by the firm’s long history in Toronto. We’re steeped in the region. Our connection is such that we have knowledge of not only the issue itself, but the history of the issue in the province.” – Richard Bereti

2012 Canadian Lawyer Magazine® Embracing Regionalism - Canadian Lawyer’s Top 10 firms from B.C., Alberta, and the Territories are in the Sweet Spot Right Now, October 1, 2012

Recent Cases

  • Leading the charge assessment regarding the Special Prosecution of two leaders of a polygamous sect in Ontario.
  • Counsel in several successful appeals from first degree murder convictions.
  • Co-Counsel for one of two accused on the Air India case.
  • Counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Nagra, a notable case involving passport fraud and allegations of Sikh terrorism.
  • Counsel on major multi-count cases involving allegations of historical sexual abuse in residential schools.
  • Co-Counsel for one of the defendants in the Nanaimo Commonwealth or “Bingogate” case.
  • Counsel for the accused in the Supreme Court of Canada case regarding a section of the Ontario Motor Vehicle Act that contravened the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

How can we help?
Contact Criminal Law