Karapancev Law

About Karapancev Law

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Karapancev Law is a Toronto firm that handles criminal defence only. It doesn't run a general practice with criminal law as a side line. Founder Alexander Karapancev built it around a team model, so cases move through a group of lawyers who work together rather than one person carrying a file solo. Karapancev holds a Master of Laws in Canadian Common Law from Osgoode Hall Law School. Before starting the firm, Karapancev practiced at a criminal defence litigation firm in Toronto and worked as a per diem Crown prosecutor with the Downtown Toronto Crown Attorney's Office.

The docket spans impaired driving, drug offences, domestic violence, sexual offences, violent crimes, fraud and theft, regulatory and professional discipline matters, bail, and youth crime. Karapancev is a former two-term executive board member of the Ontario Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section and belongs to the Criminal Lawyers' Association, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Law Society of Ontario. News outlets including CBC, CTV, CP24, and the Toronto Star have turned to Karapancev for commentary on criminal cases. In 2025, Karapancev won the Toronto Star Readers' Choice Diamond award for Best Criminal Lawyer, a public vote rather than a judged panel.