Calvin Barry Professional Corporation
1 lawyer · City of Toronto
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Calvin Barry Professional Corporation is a Toronto criminal defence firm run by Calvin Barry, a lawyer who limits the practice entirely to criminal defence and doesn't take on other areas of law. The firm is based at 113 Front Street East in downtown Toronto and serves clients across the Greater Toronto Area, including Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Scarborough, Oakville and Hamilton. Its work centres on impaired driving and DUI charges, along with domestic assault, sexual assault, drug offences, violent offences and fraud.
Before opening a private defence practice in 2004, Calvin Barry worked as a provincial prosecutor with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General starting in 1983, then served as an Assistant and later Senior Crown Attorney from 1988 to 2004, prosecuting matters at all levels of trial court. Barry articled at Gardiner Roberts, a Bay Street law firm, in 1986 and 1987. That prosecutorial background carried into board and committee work with the Ontario Crown Attorney's Association and the Canadian Bar Association's Criminal Law Section, along with lecturing at the Law Society's Bar Admission Course and Osgoode Hall's Trial Advocacy Workshop. The office also keeps two dogs, Buddy and Lola, who greet visitors at 113 Front Street East.
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Milestones & recognition
- Calvin Barry was a director of the board of the Ontario Crown Attorney's Association from 1990 to 2000 and served as the association's treasurer in 1994 and 1995.
- Barry served on the Toronto Mayor's Task Force on Drugs from 1995 to 1998.
- Barry chaired the 50th anniversary event of the Ontario Crown Attorney's system.
- Barry is an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association's Criminal Law Section.
- Barry has lectured at the Law Society of Upper Canada's Bar Admission Course and at Osgoode Hall Law School's Trial Advocacy Workshop, and has served as a director of the Osgoode Hall Alumni Association board.
In the community
- Barry has supported charitable causes including CNIB, the Alzheimer Society of Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the SickKids Foundation and Movember.
- Barry has served as a director of the board of Variety Village, a Toronto charity that runs inclusive sports and recreation programs for people with disabilities.
- Barry has mentored students in Osgoode Hall Law School's Criminal Intensive Programme and has been a guest lecturer at colleges, universities and high schools across Ontario.
- The firm has appeared in Toronto television and radio coverage of criminal cases, including interviews on CTV and CityNews.
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The neighbourhood
The firm's office on Front Street East sits in Toronto's St. Lawrence neighbourhood, close to St. Lawrence Market, a public market that has operated in the area since 1803 and drew a National Geographic food market ranking in 2012. The neighbourhood overlaps with Old Town Toronto, where the original town of York was founded in 1793 on a site just north of Front Street, and where Upper Canada's first parliament buildings stood at Front and Parliament Streets that same year. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, now a mix of converted warehouses, market stalls and office space a short walk from the downtown core.
Frequently asked questions
- I've been charged with impaired driving or a DUI in Toronto, can Calvin Barry Professional Corporation help?
- Yes. DUI and impaired driving defence, including refusal to provide a sample, care and control, over 80 mg charges and impaired driving causing bodily harm, is the firm's core focus.
- Does the firm handle domestic assault or sexual assault charges?
- Yes, the firm defends both domestic assault and sexual assault charges, along with other violent offences.
- What areas does the firm serve besides Toronto?
- The firm lists Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Scarborough, Oshawa, Whitby, Oakville, Hamilton, Milton, Niagara and Muskoka as areas it serves for DUI matters, in addition to Toronto.
- Does Calvin Barry Professional Corporation offer a free consultation?
- Yes, the firm advertises a free, no obligation consultation for new criminal matters.
- How long has Calvin Barry been practising criminal law?
- Barry has been in private criminal defence practice since 2004, after working as a provincial prosecutor and then an Assistant and Senior Crown Attorney with the Ministry of the Attorney General from 1983 to 2004.
- Does the firm also handle family law, real estate or other civil matters?
- No. The practice is restricted entirely to criminal defence and does not take on other areas of law.
Where to find them
113 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 4S5 · 416-364-1224
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