William B. Smart

About William

William Smart, K.C. is a senior litigator with 40 years of experience, primarily in criminal, administrative, and regulatory law, representing clients under investigation or charged under various federal and provincial statutes, as well as lawyers, teachers, and health care professionals before their regulatory bodies. He has appeared for both the defence and the Crown at all levels of court in British Columbia and the Yukon, as well as before the Supreme Court of Canada, and is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1996, inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2002 and the International Society of Barristers in 2005, and has taught continuing legal education programs for over 35 years, including the Federation of Law Societies' National Criminal Law Program since 1984. He was a member of Canada's 1972 Olympic Track and Field team.

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