About Androu Gerges Law

Androu Gerges Law is a North York firm given over entirely to criminal defence. Its caseload runs from drinking and driving and domestic assault charges to firearm possession and drug offences, and the practice also advises victims of crime, witnesses and people who may be under police investigation.

Androu Gerges opened the firm in 2017, right at the start of a career in criminal law. Androu Gerges studied at Osgoode Hall Law School, entering with the Benjamin Laufer entrance scholarship, and joined Osgoode's Criminal Intensive program, then run by Justice Rondinelli of the Ontario Court of Justice and Justice Di Luca of the Superior Court of Justice. Through that program came a placement with a Toronto criminal defence firm, and the final summer of law school was spent at the College Park Crown Attorney's office.

Androu Gerges has run criminal trials and appeals through every level of Ontario's courts, from the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice up to the Ontario Court of Appeal. Law clerk Elaine Balboa keeps client files and disclosure organized, helps with court appearances and sets up client meetings and jail visits.

The main office is at Yonge and Sheppard, in Suite 1101 at 4789 Yonge Street, and there are satellite offices close to major Ontario courthouses. Androu Gerges Law commits to working outside 9-to-5 hours.

Practice areas

Firearms and weapons

Weapons charges are defended with close attention to the Charter and to whether the search and seizure behind them was lawful.

Drug possession, trafficking and importing

On simple possession, the defence looks hard at how police behaved and what the evidence shows. Trafficking allegations are met by testing wiretaps, informants and search warrants, while importing cases draw on federal drug law and customs rules at the border.

Impaired driving and over 80

The firm brings a technical defence to DUI and over 80 charges, with the aim of keeping a client's driving privileges and avoiding a criminal record.

Assault, domestic and sexual assault

Simple and aggravated assault charges are defended with a focus on self-defence and the client's rights. Domestic charges are handled discreetly, with an eye to settling the family dispute underneath, and sexual assault allegations get representation geared to protecting the client's reputation and future.

Criminal harassment

Clients accused of stalking or harassment are defended by clarifying what they intended and challenging the evidence the Crown brings.

Extradition

Androu Gerges Law also takes on extradition and other international matters, protecting clients' rights against legal claims from abroad.

Victims, witnesses and complainants

Androu Gerges gives advice to victims of crime, witnesses and anyone who may be under police investigation, and has helped several complainants swear affidavits supporting the withdrawal of charges laid against a friend or intimate partner.

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How Androu Gerges Law works

Androu Gerges Law builds each defence around the whole picture, weighing what a charge could mean for a client's life, family and future alongside the immediate legal problem, from first contact through to resolution. Its mission is protecting clients' rights through each stage of a case, from the police investigation and bail hearing to trial and the final negotiation.

Milestones & recognition

  • Every year since 2021, Androu Gerges has received the CommunityVotes Platinum Award in the Best Lawyer in North York category, and the firm was a CommunityVotes North York winner each year from 2021 through 2025.

The neighbourhood

Suite 1101 is in Hullmark Centre, the development at 4771 to 4789 Yonge Street that combines residences, shops and condominium offices with direct access to the Yonge subway station. That station, Sheppard-Yonge, is the interchange where Line 1 Yonge-University meets Line 4 Sheppard, and it sits at the southern end of North York City Centre. In the 1970s and 80s, the former City of North York worked to grow this stretch into a downtown, putting its civic offices, a central library, an arts centre and other public buildings on the west side of Yonge about 600 metres north of Sheppard.

Frequently asked questions

Can I call Androu Gerges Law collect from a jail or other institution?
Androu Gerges Law accepts collect calls from institutions at (416) 221-9995. Androu Gerges can also be called or texted directly at (416) 450-9995.
Can I speak with someone at Androu Gerges Law in Portuguese or Cape Verdean Creole?
Androu Gerges Law's law clerk, Elaine Balboa, is fluent in both Cape Verdean Creole and Portuguese and is passively bilingual in Spanish.

Where to find them

1101 - 4789 Yonge St., Toronto ON, M2N 0G3 · 416-450-9995

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