Cynthia Fromstein Barristers
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One of 2,276 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 307 handling Criminal Defence.
About Cynthia Fromstein Barristers
Cynthia Fromstein Barristers is a criminal defence firm based on Bloor Street East in Toronto, taking cases across the GTA in Brampton, Scarborough, and North York and throughout Ontario. Founder Cynthia Fromstein has practised criminal law exclusively for over thirty years, after earning a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1976, an LL.B. from the University of Victoria Faculty of Law in 1980, and being called to the Ontario bar in 1983. Before focusing on defence work, Fromstein was retained by the Attorney General to cross examine young persons in sexual assault cases and to represent complainants challenging a third party records application. That work on both sides of the courtroom is part of why the firm is recognized as an authority on crime and mental health and on defending HIV positive individuals charged with aggravated sexual assault.
Two other lawyers work alongside the founder. David Connally articled with the firm and now practises independently while continuing to collaborate with Fromstein on cases, and Jamie Kopman, who earned a J.D. from Bond University in 2014, also practises independently in association with the firm. Clients come from a range of ethnic and language backgrounds, and the firm offers translation services to accommodate them.
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- Fromstein has a long record of work with HALCO (the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario), including case consultation for community legal clinic lawyers and policy analysts and participation in strategic working groups on the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure, work recognized with the clinic's 2013 Kreppner Award.
- Fromstein represented PASAN (the Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network) at a coroner's inquest into the death in custody of a person living with HIV.
- Fromstein is a member of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and of Innocence Canada.
- Fromstein has been featured in the documentary Positive Women: Exposing Injustice, which examines the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada.
- Fromstein has presented on trial advocacy, cross examination, and HIV criminalization through the Advocates' Society and has taught on criminal procedure and HIV related legal issues at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
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370 Bloor Street East, Toronto, ON, M4W 3M6 · 416-960-8111
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