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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m M A Y 2 0 1 8 45 Cooper Sandler Shime & Bergman LLP, Toronto criminal-lawyers.ca Daniel Brown Law, Toronto danielbrownlaw.ca Greenspan Humphrey Weinstein, Toronto 15bedford.com The firm's founder was the late Austin Cooper, recipient of the G. Arthur Martin Medal, awarded by the Criminal Lawyers' 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 37 years. Most recently, he and associate Wayne Cunningham 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 repre- sented 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 14 years and represents clients charged in connection with complex financial offences. The firm also includes associates Megan Schwartzentruber, Wayne Cunningham, Amanda Ross and Ben Elzinga Cheng. Going on a decade in business, Daniel Brown Law LLP has a team of four lawyers who defend clients in complex and high-profile crimi- nal 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 special- ist and acts as one of the Toronto directors of the Criminal Lawyers' Association. 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 specializes 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 proceed- ings, international and trans-border criminal investigations and litigation, including extradition. Additionally, 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 colleagues 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 including 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 offences, extradition and mutual legal assistance, regu- latory litigation, professional discipline matters, inquests, Securities Act matters, jury trials, appellate advocacy, cross-border litigation, administrative litigation, public inquiries, Competition Act matters, Occupational Health and Safety Act matters, civil asset forfeiture, proceeds of crime and money laundering. www.alainhepner.ca ALAIN HEPNER, QC Criminal Defence (403) 244-6800 921, 18th Ave. SW, Calgary, Alberta T2T 0H2 AlainHepner_CL_May_18.indd 1 2018-04-26 12:26 PM

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