Defend Your DUI
5 lawyers · City of Toronto, Calgary Region
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 455 handling Criminal Defence.
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Defend Your DUI is a network of Canadian criminal defence lawyers that limits its practice to a single area: impaired driving. That covers impaired operation, over .80 charges, refusal to provide a breath, blood or urine sample, and the immediate roadside sanctions and prohibitions that many provinces now hand out alongside or instead of a criminal charge. Five lawyers work under the Defend Your DUI name, including Michael Oykhman, Justin Marchand, Dylan Finlay, Lorant Kiss and Ian Savage, from offices in Toronto and Calgary. The site's copyright notice dates back to 2016, and the firm states its lawyers have collectively logged more than 75 years of experience and over 10,000 impaired driving cases and clients.
Rather than practising general criminal law, the firm sticks to DUI defence and takes on cases well beyond its two office cities. Its website carries dedicated pages for clients in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and British Columbia, since roadside suspension and prohibition rules differ from province to province. A new file starts with a free consultation in which a lawyer reviews the police paperwork and the circumstances of the stop, walks through the court process, and discusses the firm's fee structure and how it can help. The firm says its phone line is answered every day of the year.
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- University of Calgary (2), University of Windsor 3 of 5 lawyers
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The neighbourhood
The Toronto office at 100 Richmond Street West sits in the downtown core, a two minute walk from the Queen streetcar stops and close to the Bay bus route, the kind of transit-dense block that suits a practice built around clients coming downtown for a single consultation rather than a long-running file.
The Calgary office is at the corner of 11th Avenue and 4th Street SW in the Beltline, an inner city neighbourhood with a population of more than 21,000.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Defend Your DUI handle other criminal charges, or only DUI cases?
- Only impaired driving and related charges. The firm's practice is limited to impaired operation, over .80, refusal to provide a sample, and Immediate Roadside Sanction and Immediate Roadside Prohibition cases, rather than general criminal defence.
- I refused a breathalyzer or blood test. Can Defend Your DUI still help?
- Yes. Refusal to comply with a breath, blood or urine demand is listed as one of the firm's core case types, alongside impaired operation and over .80 charges.
- I got an Immediate Roadside Sanction or Prohibition instead of a criminal charge. Is that something the firm deals with?
- Yes. The firm has separate pages for immediate roadside sanction and prohibition cases in British Columbia and Manitoba, since the rules for these roadside measures vary by province.
- Where is Defend Your DUI located, and does it only take cases in Toronto and Calgary?
- The firm has offices at 100 Richmond Street West in Toronto and 11th Avenue SW in Calgary, but its lawyers describe taking on impaired driving cases across Canada, with dedicated information for clients in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and British Columbia.
- Is the first consultation free?
- Yes. The firm offers a free initial consultation that includes a review of the documents received from police, an explanation of the court process, and a discussion of its fee structure.
- What is the maximum penalty for an impaired driving conviction in Canada?
- According to the firm's own FAQ page, if the Crown proceeds by indictment, impaired driving carries a maximum of 10 years in prison, impaired driving causing bodily harm up to 14 years, and impaired driving causing death up to life imprisonment. If the Crown proceeds summarily, impaired driving and impaired driving causing bodily harm each carry a maximum of two years less a day. This is general information, not legal advice.
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