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Profile of Jonathan A. Shime, Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyer

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Jonathan Shime joined Cooper & Sandler LLP as an articling student in July 2000 and is now a partner with the firm. He represents clients before the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Superior and Ontario Courts of  Justice on a wide variety of criminal and quasi-criminal charges, including homicides, frauds, drinking and driving offences, sexual assaults, domestic assaults and offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and the Income Tax Act. Jonathan also assists individuals and corporations charged under the regulatory statutes, including the Income Tax Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. He has chaired or been a panelist at several conferences/seminars on criminal law related topics, including the Youth Criminal Justice Act and drinking and driving offences.

Jonathan served as a staff lawyer to the Honourable Mr. Justice Stephen Goudge on the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario and as criminal review counsel at Downtown Legal Services, a community legal clinic operated by the University of Toronto Law School.  He is currently a member of the Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure.

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