Mike Godinho
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Partner at Godinho Zager Kraska LLP
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
Criminal DefenceCriminal DefenceAbout Mike Godinho
Mike Godinho defends people charged with criminal and quasi-criminal offences, and Portuguese-speaking clients can work through their whole case with Mike in their own language. Mike is a partner at Godinho Zager Kraska LLP, the defence firm whose main office sits on Sherwoodtowne Boulevard in Mississauga.
Mike's career began at the prosecution table. Straight after law school, Mike went to work as an Assistant Crown Attorney, and that time gave Mike a close working knowledge of how police and prosecutors put a case together. Criminal law has been Mike's only practice area from the day of the call to the bar, and the work has taken Mike into every level of Ontario's trial courts.
Portuguese sets Mike apart. Mike is fluent in it and gives free consultations in Portuguese at any hour, day or night. Clients can keep everything in Portuguese, whether they meet in person, trade emails and texts, or talk in an online meeting, so they're never left unsure about where their case stands. Mike has stood up for Portuguese clients in many courthouses around the province.
Practice areas
Serious and violent charges at trial
Mike has taken a broad mix of criminal cases to trial, from shootings and other serious violence to robberies and home invasions. Drug charges and DUIs are part of that trial record, along with sexual assault, fraud and child pornography cases.
Charter applications and testing the Crown's case
Mike works to keep evidence that police obtained unlawfully out of court by bringing Charter applications. Each defence starts with taking the prosecution's case apart to find its weak points, then building a plan around what that particular client needs.
Education & credentials
- B.A., Ryerson University
- J.D., Western University, Faculty of Law
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