About Ryan

Ryan Venables joined Kruse Law in 2024 after being called to the bar in 2013, and focuses his practice exclusively on criminal and quasi-criminal defence, including Criminal Code driving offences such as impaired driving and dangerous driving. Before law school, he worked with the RCMP on organized crime investigations and later served as a York Regional Police officer specializing in organized crime and domestic violence investigations. He earned a BA in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Western Ontario in 2001 and returned there for law school in 2009, articling afterward at Ross & McBride LLP in Hamilton. Ryan has defended more than 3,000 DUI clients over the past decade and has also worked as a per diem Crown Attorney. He speaks French and can assist clients in that language.

Practice areas

Criminal Defence

Education & credentials

Law school
University of Western Ontario
Undergraduate
B.A., Political Science and Sociology, University of Western Ontario (2001)

Listing compiled from public sources in July 2026. Confirm Ryan Venables’s licence and standing in the Law Society of Ontario directory ↗