About Me

Bryan is an experienced criminal defence lawyer who has over a decade of experience defending clients charged with every type of criminal offence. Since his call to the Ontario bar in 2014, he has dedicated his practice exclusively to the areas of criminal defence and professional discipline and was formerly a partner at two prominent and highly-respected criminal defence firms in Toronto before opening his own practice at the end of 2025.

Bryan has a mixed trial and appellate practice, and has represented clients at all levels of court in Ontario, as well as at the Supreme Court of Canada. He has appeared as counsel before the Ontario Court of Appeal on over 40 cases and before the Supreme Court of Canada on 5 occasions.

While his practice is centered on the Greater Toronto Area, Bryan has represented clients all across Ontario, including in Windsor, Timmins, Peterborough, Owen Sound, Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie among other places.

He accepts both private retainers and legal aid certificates.

Some of his recent cases include:

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Ontario (College of Pharmacists) v. Kaldus, 2026 ONCPDC 3

The Discipline Committee of the College of Pharmacists acquitted the client of a number of allegations of professional misconduct alleging that he had trafficked in narcotics.

R. v. Griffiths, 2025 ONCA 511

Court of Appeal allowed the client’s sentence appeal, finding that the trial judge had improperly used the client’s decision to take the matter to trial as an aggravating factor on sentence. The Court reduced the sentence by 3 months.

R. v. Suman, 2024 ONCJ 208

The Court excluded evidence obtained from the complainant’s phone as a result of numerous Charter violations.

R. v. Zeng, 2024 ONCA 386

Court of Appeal vacated the client’s conviction for second degree murder, holding that the trial judge had not given the jury proper instructions on the potential routes of liability. It ordered a new trial.

R. v. Khan, 2024 ONCA 296

Although the Court of Appeal upheld the findings of guilt, it allowed the appeal on the basis that the trial judge had erred in concluding that the client did not have standing to bring an abuse of process application, and ordered a new trial limited to that question.

R. v. J.W., 2022 ONCA 306

Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for the client on charges of sexual interference, agreeing that the trial judge erred in admitting discreditable evidence against the accused at trial. The case provided an important restatement of the legal framework for when the Crown seeks to admit other discreditable conduct against an accused.

R. v. Ali, 2022 ONCA 736

Court of Appeal varied the sentence for the clients from jail to a conditional sentence order, agreeing that findings of aggravated assault did not preclude serving a sentence in the community.

R. v. Kuntz, 2021 ONCA 903

Court of Appeal overturned the finding of guilt and substituted an acquittal in the case of a residential home attendant who was charged with criminal negligence after a resident under his care drowned.

R. v. S.S., 2023 ONCA 130

Court of Appeal upheld the client’s acquittal in the face of a Crown challenge to the exclusion of evidence in an allegation of impaired driving causing death.

R. v. Ahmad, 2020 SCC 11

Important decision providing guidance on the entrapment doctrine in the context of electronic and telephone communications.