McElroy Law
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One of 436 law firms listed in Ottawa, and one of 54 handling Criminal Defence.
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McElroy Law is a small Ottawa criminal defence firm founded in 2015 by Anne-Marie McElroy, who grew up in Ottawa and has practiced criminal law exclusively since being called to the bar in 2010. McElroy studied sociology and contemporary studies at the University of King's College in Halifax, then completed a law degree at the University of Ottawa in 2009. Before opening the firm, McElroy articled with Shore Davis Hale and worked at Hale Criminal Law Office and May & Konyer.
The firm handles criminal offences such as assault, theft, sexual offences, impaired driving, fraud, drug offences, and manslaughter and murder charges, along with provincial offences under the Highway Traffic Act, Trespass to Property Act and Liquor License Act, and criminal appeals, including at the Ontario Court of Appeal. McElroy is joined by associate Dawn Dickinson, who earned a law degree from the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law in 2021 after an undergraduate degree in criminology and criminal justice at Carleton University and casework at the University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic. The firm's blog on developments in criminal law won the 2015 Clawbie award for Best New Blog and the 2016 Clawbie award for Best Practitioner Blog.
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- McElroy supervises Pro Bono Students Canada projects and sits on the board of Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA).
- McElroy mentors other defence lawyers through the Women in Canadian Criminal Defence mentorship program.
- McElroy served as a director of the Ottawa Defence Counsel Association from 2016 to 2020 and sat on the Adult Community Justice Network.
- Dickinson is a Recent Call Director of the Criminal Lawyers' Association and a member of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa.
- Dickinson volunteers as a hockey referee with the Ontario Women's Hockey Association and played in the Ottawa Law Classic hockey game supporting DIFD, a youth mental health charity.
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305-185 Somerset St. W, Ottawa, ON K2P 0J2 · 613-421-5058
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