Fenton Law Barristers
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One of 2,276 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 307 handling Criminal Defence.
About Fenton Law Barristers
Fenton Law Barristers is a small criminal law firm in downtown Toronto, registered under the name Scott Fenton Professional Corporation. Scott K. Fenton, who was called to the Ontario bar in 1988, has led the firm as senior principal since 2000, after six years as a federal Crown prosecutor and four years as a partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin. The firm now has four lawyers and focuses on criminal, quasi-criminal, professional discipline and regulatory matters, acting for individuals, corporations and government clients from initial advice through trials, tribunal hearings, reviews and appeals.
Fenton has argued more than 80 appeals at the Court of Appeal for Ontario and has appeared several times before the Supreme Court of Canada, including in R. v. Stillman and R. v. Jarvis. Chambers Canada ranks the firm Band 1 in Crime and Band 2 in White Collar Crime and Government Investigations, while ranking Scott K. Fenton individually Band 1 in both categories, and two of the firm's associates carry Chambers Associate to Watch rankings in Crime. The office sits on the fifth floor of 488 Wellington Street West, a building the City of Toronto has designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.
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In the community
- A lawyer at the firm serves as Toronto Women's Director for the Criminal Lawyers' Association and sits on the Court of Appeal for Ontario's duty counsel roster.
- A lawyer at the firm has volunteered with the UBC Innocence Project, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada and UBC's Immigration and Refugee legal clinic, has acted as counsel with Innocence Canada, and has served on the Criminal Lawyers' Association's Mentorship Committee.
- A lawyer at the firm intervened at the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Criminal Lawyers' Association.
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- Law schools
- University of British Columbia, University of Ottawa, University of Toronto 3 of 3 lawyers
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488 Wellington Street West, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1E3 · 416-955-1611
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