Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyer, Jonathon A. Shime quoted in The Globe and Mail recently on the matter of making DIY forensic test kits more accessible for victims of sexual assault.
Overview:
Shortly after Jacqueline Villeneuve-Ahmed launched her advocacy group, She Matters, she received a call from a doctor friend who was working a rotation in a Northern Ontario community.
A young Indigenous woman had been brought to his clinic by police. She needed a sexual assault forensic exam, but the clinic didn’t have any test kits on-site, so they had to send her to a hospital about two hours away. The doctor wanted to know if this was normal.
Jonathan A Shime
Mr. Shime is a Senior Partner with Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Schwartzentruber LLP and has appeared at all levels of court in Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He represents clients 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. Jonathan also assists individuals and corporations charged under regulatory statutes, including the Income Tax Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Schwartzentruber LLP has been practising criminal law in the trial and appellate courts since 1953. The firm has extensive experience defending allegations of white-collar crime. It also has wide experience in the defence of homicide, drug charges, and sexual assault cases. Its aim is to provide expert legal advice and skilful representation of its clients’ interests in the criminal courts. All of the lawyers at Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Schwartzentruber LLP have assisted clients before every level of court in Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
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