Margaret Bojanowska
2 lawyers · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 455 handling Criminal Defence.
About Margaret Bojanowska
Margaret Bojanowska, Barrister is a small Toronto firm built around a single focus: criminal defence litigation. Founder Margaret Bojanowska is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for criminal defence work in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The practice covers trials and appeals at every level of the Ontario court system, from the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice through to the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and takes on serious matters such as murder, sexual assault and drug charges.
Alongside criminal trial and appellate work, the firm defends professionals in regulatory proceedings before bodies including the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the College of Nurses, the College of Medical Radiation Technologists, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, and the College of Teachers. The firm also includes Alannah Marrazza-Radeschi, a trial and appellate lawyer who articled at a small Toronto criminal firm before joining the practice and who has published on the law of consent in sexual assault cases. Margaret Bojanowska also teaches trial advocacy as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and has argued numerous appeals before the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Founder Margaret Bojanowska is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for criminal defence work in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
- Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and an instructor in its Trial Advocacy Course for seven years.
- Has spoken at legal education programs including Osgoode's Continuing Professional Development series, the Six Minute Criminal Defence Lawyer conference and the Criminal Lawyers' Association Fall Conference.
- Edits the Criminal Lawyers' Association magazine For The Defence.
- Alannah Marrazza-Radeschi's article on consent in sexual assault cases, "Capacity, Fraud, Consent - Which One, When?", was published in For The Defence in January 2023, and earlier research on the pandemic's effect on trial rights appeared in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal in fall 2020.
In the community
- Margaret Bojanowska volunteers as pro bono appellate duty counsel through the Pro Bono Appellate Duty Counsel program at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
- Alannah Marrazza-Radeschi worked as a research assistant studying the impact of COVID-19 on trial rights and served as a consultant to the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission before joining the firm.
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Who handles what
The neighbourhood
The firm's office is in a fourteen storey commercial building on Bloor Street West, sitting between the Yorkville and Annex neighbourhoods and close to the Royal Ontario Museum. It's a stretch of Bloor known more for retail, dining and TTC subway access than for law offices, which fits a practice that spends most of its working hours in courtrooms across the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario rather than at a boardroom table.
Frequently asked questions
- What kinds of criminal charges does Margaret Bojanowska, Barrister handle?
- The firm's practice covers charges including murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual exploitation, assault causing bodily harm, domestic assault, drug possession, firearms possession, criminal organization offences and impaired driving, along with bail hearings.
- Can the firm help me get bail after an arrest?
- Yes. The firm handles bail hearings, which can include developing a release plan, preparing sureties and presenting arguments to the court to try to secure release.
- Does the firm handle appeals, not just trials?
- Yes. Margaret Bojanowska has argued numerous appeals before the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and the firm can assist with bail pending an appeal.
- I'm a licensed professional facing a complaint from my regulatory college. Can this firm represent me?
- The firm defends professionals in proceedings before regulators including the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the College of Nurses, the College of Medical Radiation Technologists, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons and the College of Teachers.
- How big is the firm and who works there?
- It's a small practice with two lawyers: founder Margaret Bojanowska and Alannah Marrazza-Radeschi, a trial and appellate lawyer who joined after articling at a small Toronto criminal firm.
- Where is the office and how do I get in touch?
- The office is at 180 Bloor Street West, Suite 1201, Toronto. The firm can be reached by phone, and its contact page asks that confidential case details not be sent by email.
Where to find them
180 Bloor Street West, Suite 1201, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2V6 · 647-352-3500
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