Bygrave Law

About Bygrave Law

Bygrave Law is a solo criminal defence practice run by Daisy Bygrave, with an office on Weston Road in Toronto's Weston neighbourhood. Bygrave earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 2000. Before law school, a full athletic scholarship brought Bygrave to Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, where four years on the track and field team included All American honours on the 4x400 metre relay.

After graduating, Bygrave worked in the chambers of a federal district judge in Detroit and at a corporate litigation firm in Washington, D.C., then joined the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia from October 2002 to November 2007, representing clients in cases ranging from murder to misdemeanours. From there, Bygrave moved to the Federal Public Defender's office for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, working in both the trial and appellate divisions on cases involving the death penalty and life sentences.

A native of Toronto, Bygrave eventually returned to the city to practice criminal defence, now handling matters that include homicides, complex fraud, domestic assault, and weapons offences. The firm is on Legal Aid Ontario's roster and is approved to take on Extremely Serious Matters certificates as well as Gladue matters, which call for special consideration of an Indigenous accused's background at bail and sentencing.