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Career announcement: @SavardsLLP promotes Arash Ghiassi to counsel. a-list.lawandstyle.ca/announcements/…

See @megan__savard's statement on Carter Hart's acquittal here. cbc.ca/player/play/vi…

On the hunt for a new addition to our team!

If anyone could get @torontolife to write about prison abolition, it's @megan__savard. We are so proud of her. Read her impressive profile online or pick up a hard copy! torontolife.com/deep-dives/meg…

We are hiring an articling student for the 2026-2027 year! Applications are due by 5:00 pm on June 27, 2025.

The abusive, misogynistic vitriol directed at women in criminal defence, including my firm colleagues, must stop. We must move beyond a carceral interpretation of feminism, but even that is not advanced by these attacks.

Welcome Julia! So great to have you on the team

Premier Ford is dead wrong about bail. He assumes people who are charged are guilty. The law demands the opposite. Here's the article: thetrillium.ca/news/justice/d…

As I told @Thetrilliumca, Doug Ford “should have learned his lesson when he prejudged Umar Zameer and called for him to be denied bail — when he was in fact innocent.” “The premier posting the names of judges he disagrees with is a Trumpist attack on judicial independence.”

The last few years brought many challenges: learning to practice law w/a child, Owen leaving for the Crown & practicing alone while grappling w/a serious family illness. What these years have shown me is that while I am resilient, I enjoy law more when I am part of a (great) team

We are so lucky to have trail-blazing award-winning superstar @_JananiS on our team

- following an unprecedented and heavy-handed investigation of posters and washable paint. The Palestine exception to freedom of expression must be rejected.” 2/2

As I told the Toronto Star, "Today completed the Indigo 11's total vindication, as its final two members received conditional discharges." "This means the state could not secure a single conviction - 1/2 thestar.com/news/gta/last-…

Lawyers for Canadian hacker say charges over alleged cyberattack on Texas Republican Party are ‘peculiar’ four years after police investigated theglobeandmail.com/business/econo…

Dropped charges, police overreach: How the ‘Indigo 11’ case fell apart Thanks to @Ash_Stewart_ for reporting and @BBRyder for commentary. globalnews.ca/news/11103069/…

Charges dropped against members of pro-Palestinian group ‘Indigo 11’ toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/27/cha…

We are hiring - again! This time for an associate position. See below, and please reach out to any of our lawyers if you'd like to know more about us and our work.

We are hiring a receptionist/legal assistant! If you are/know a great candidate looking for competitive pay, a collegial workplace, and the opportunity to contribute to our business as an equal team member, please get in touch. Details below, or contact anyone on our team.

These social media gag orders are unconstitutional. But bail courts are so backed up in Ottawa you could be waiting for days in jail if you insist on a full hearing, so the state can coerce you into agreeing with onerous conditions just to get out today.