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29 CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE MAY/JUNE 2019 resolving crises that threaten to disrupt lives, businesses or reputations before there are public accusations or charges. ALG lawyers are equally at home in trial and appeal courts. Some of their recent cases include R. v. Jordan and R. v. Cody (leading trial delay cases from the Supreme Court of Canada), World Bank Group v. Wallace (international production orders), R. v. Mirarchi (disclosure of police investigative techniques; e.g. IMSI-catchers), R. v. Cole (a leading electronic search and seizure case), R. v. Le (the scope of a reasonable expecta - tion of privacy) and R. v. Barton and R. v. Goldfinch (sexual assault). Alain Hepner Law Calgary alainhepner.ca Alain Hepner and Kim Ross operate the Calgary-based law firm. It is a boutique law firm, and it only accepts criminal defence matters, including all offences pursuant to the Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, income tax legislation, Customs Act, environmental issues and re - lated Traffic Act violations involving bodily injury or death. Hepner is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has appeared before administrative tribunals, such as the Alberta Review Board, in deal - ing with individuals found to be Not Crim- inally Responsible or unfit to stand trial, as well as representing clients at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Hepner is a Calgary lawyer re- tained by the Calgary Police Association to defend police officers being investigated or charged with criminal allegations. Hepner employs a business philosophy of extending the same effort, focus and commitment to each client, regardless of ethnicity, history or financial circumstance. Battista Turcot Israel Corbo s.e.n.c. Montreal bticavocats.com Battista Turcot Israel Corbo s.e.n.c. is a boutique law firm with a team of nine lawyers. Its bilingual lawyers have decades of experience in the fields of criminal, penal and disciplinary matters and practice at the trial and appellate levels (including the Supreme Court of Canada). The firm's practice includes counselling individuals, organizations, businesses and institutions. The firm has experience participating in and being counsel to provincial and federal commissions of inquiry. Beyond the court - room, the firm's lawyers are involved in legal education as well as acting on behalf of the wrongly convicted. Cooper Sandler Shime & Bergman LLP Toronto criminal-lawyers.ca The firm's founder was the late Austin Cooper, recipient of the G. Arthur Martin Medal, awarded by the Criminal Law- yers' Association for his contributions to criminal justice. Mark Sandler, the firm's senior partner, is also a recipient of the G. Arthur Martin Medal, a three-time elected bencher of the Law Society of Ontario and one of Canada's leading appellate and trial criminal litigators for 39 years. Most recently, he and associate Wayne Cunning - ham were successful before the Supreme Court of Canada in a landmark privacy decision (R. v. Marakah). Jonathan Shime, a lawyer for 18 years, has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada pro bono for social justice organizations and specializes in HIV/AIDS-related criminal law issues. He recently represented the Canadian Civil Liberties Association on what is now the leading case in Canada on bail, R. v. Antic. Scott Bergman, the firm's third partner, has been with the firm for 15 years and represents clients charged in connection with complex financial offences. The firm also includes associates Megan Schwartz - entruber, Wayne Cunningham, Amanda Ross and Ben Elzinga Cheng. Daniel Brown Law Toronto danielbrownlaw.ca Going on a decade in business, Daniel Brown Law LLP has a team of six lawyers who regularly defend clients in complex and high-profile criminal cases across Southern Ontario at both the trial and appellate levels. Its founder, Daniel Brown, is among an elite group of lawyers certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a criminal law specialist and acts as one of the vice presidents of the Criminal Lawyers' As - sociation. The firm is frequently consulted by top media outlets to provide opinions on criminal cases that make headlines and regularly acts for professionals who find themselves in trouble with the law. Greenspan Humphrey Weinstein Toronto 15bedford.com Greenspan Humphrey Weinstein special- izes in criminal and related regulatory and administrative litigation. Led by partners Brian Greenspan, David Humphrey and Seth Weinstein, the firm provides advice and experience in every aspect of domestic criminal proceedings, international and trans-border criminal investigations and litigation, including extradition. Addition - ally, the firm's advocacy practice extends to related regulatory and administrative litigation including professional discipline, public inquiries and inquests. The firm's counsel works collaboratively with col - leagues across North America as well as with firms in Europe and Asia. For more than four decades, GHW has represented both individual and corporate clients in complex cases at all levels of court includ - ing the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and trial and appellate courts throughout Canada and in conjunction with counsel in the United States. The firm acts in white collar offenc - es, extradition and mutual legal assistance, regulatory litigation, professional discipline matters, inquests, Securities Act matters, jury trials, appellate advocacy, cross-border litigation, administrative litigation, public inquiries, Competition Act matters, Oc - cupational Health and Safety Act matters, civil asset forfeiture, proceeds of crime and money laundering.

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