Gavran Criminal Defence

About Gavran Criminal Defence

Gavran Criminal Defence is a solo criminal defence practice in downtown Toronto, opened in 2018 by lawyer Ines Gavran. The practice handles violent offences, driving offences including impaired driving, financial crimes, sexual offences, firearm and weapon charges, drug offences, bail hearings, and appeals, representing clients in Toronto and across the wider Greater Toronto Area, including Brampton, Mississauga, North York, Richmond Hill, Milton, Newmarket, and Oshawa. Gavran offers legal services in English, French, Serbian, and Croatian.

Gavran earned a civil and common law degree from the University of Ottawa and a police studies diploma, with honours, from La Cite Collegiale in Ottawa. Before opening the firm, Gavran articled at a large Toronto criminal defence firm, made more than 2,000 court appearances, and clerked with Justice Real Lapointe at the Quebec Court of Justice. Gavran is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Criminal Lawyers Association, and has also worked as a per diem Crown Attorney for the Ministry of the Attorney General and consulted on financial crime compliance investigations for a Toronto financial institution. Gavran co-authored a case commentary on warrantless cell phone searches, published by the Criminal Lawyers Association.