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Chris is a skilled advocate with extensive experience conducting dozens of complex trials before judges and juries, appeals, judicial reviews and applications before courts and administrative tribunals. He has appeared before all courts in Ontario and Alberta, and in writing before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Prior to joining the firm, Chris was a federal prosecutor at the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and an Assistant Crown Attorney at the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General where he prosecuted all manner of criminal offences both in Toronto and in rural Ontario, including working with the Canada Border Services Agency to investigate and prosecute international trade related offences.

As the major focus of his practice, Chris assists clients in a wide variety of industries with international trade law matters. Chris also assists clients with other administrative and public law matters as well as white collar defence.

Chris has particular expertise in matters involving criminal and constitutional law as well as with search warrants and sealing orders. He also relies on his extensive trial experience to assist clients with complex evidentiary issues such as electronic evidence as well as civilian and expert witnesses.

Expertise

Industries

Practices

Representative Matters

Representing the Crown:

  • R. v. Galay, 2021 ABPC 102 (Alta. P.C.) – trial for charges of importation of a controlled substance into Canada
  • R. v. Stauth, 2021 ABCA 88 (Alta. C.A.) – appeal of convictions for drug trafficking
  • R. v. Stewart, 2021 ABCA 79 (Alta. C.A.) – appeal of sentence for drug smuggling
  • R. v. Zacharias, 2020 ABCA 471 (Alta. C.A.) – bail pending appeal following convictions for drug smuggling
  • R. v. Cameron, 2020 ABCA 405 (Alta. C.A.) – appeal of sentence for income tax evasion and fraud
  • R. v. Cameron, 2020 ABCA 276 (Alta. C.A.) – appeal of convictions for income tax evasion and fraud
  • Allison Jayne Stewart v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2021 CanLII 13266 (S.C.C.) – responded to application leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
  • R. v. Stewart, 2020 ABCA 252 (Alta. C.A.) – appeal of convictions for drug smuggling
  • R. v. Tokaryk, 2020 ABCA 205 (Alta. C.A.) – appeal of sentence for drug trafficking
  • R. v. Krampien, 2019 ABCA 512 (Alta. C.A.) – appeal of a judicial review in the nature of certiorari
  • R. v. Tokaryk, 2019 ABCA 439 (Alta. C.A.) – appeal of convictions for drug trafficking
  • R. v. Salehe, 2019 ABPC 220 (Alta. P.C.) – sentence for convictions for importation of a controlled substance into Canada
  • Canada (Public Prosecutions) v. Alberta (Provincial Court), 2019 ABQB 484 (Alta. Q.B.) – judicial review of sealing orders made in the context of confidential informer privilege
  • R. v. Esho and Jajou, 2017 ONSC 6152 (Ont. S.C.J.) – trial for charges of human trafficking

Community Involvement

  • Secretary of the Board and Board Member at the Canadian Fencing Federation

Education & Admissions

2018
Called to the Alberta bar
2014
Called to Ontario bar
2013
J.D.Osgoode Hall Law School
2010
B.A. History (Honours)University of Calgary