Are you charged with an offence? I can help.
Reid Rusonik · Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyer
About Me
Are you charged with an offence? I can help.
I am a criminal defence lawyer. My job is to defend people accused of committing offences. I take great pride in being trusted to do so by the people who hire me. My clients come to me for representation against offences under the Criminal Code of Canada, The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and virtually every other federal and provincial offence in Ontario. I have been successfully defending them for over 30 years.
I am not a judge. A criminal defence lawyer’s role is not to judge the people he represents. It is to defend them against the judgments and allegations of others and I believe pleading guilty to be one of the poorest options to offer a client charged in the vast majority of cases.
What I Defend
I defend people against all types of criminal and quasi-criminal charges, including:
- Drugs: Selling and Possessing
- Domestic Assault
- Shoplifting
- Fraud
- Dangerous Driving and ‘Stunt Driving’
- Sexual Offences
- Serious Violent Offences: Aggravated Assault, Assault with a Weapon and Robbery
- Gun Offences
My Cases: Reported Decisions and Press Coverage
One of the best ways to judge a lawyer, obviously, is by his cases.
Clicking on the button below will take you to a sampling of reported decisions in my cases and press coverage about some of these decisions as well as of some of my other cases.
Essays in The Star
I have the privilege of having my arguments in relation to criminal law issues published from time-to-time in The Star.
Clicking on the button below will take you to these opinion pieces:
My Fees
Every case is different.
Determining the cost of defending your case will depend upon a number of factors including the nature and complexity of the charge against you. This is why your first meeting with me is always free. At the end of this meeting I usually will have a sense of what defending you will cost.
Contact Me/My Office Locations
Please e-mail me at rusonik@criminaltriallawyers.ca or text me at 416-460-0097 if you wish to retain me. You can also telephone me at 416-410-4811 but writing me with a telephone number at which you would like me to call you is usually a better option.
I have two offices at which I meet clients: 8800 Dufferin Street, in Thornhill, and at our main office, 36 Lombard Street, Suite 100, in Toronto. Please see the map below: