Mota Law Firm

About Mota Law Firm

Mota Law Firm is a solo criminal defence practice based in downtown Toronto, led by founder Phillip Mota. The office sits on Richmond Street West, and the firm represents clients across the Greater Toronto Area on charges that range from impaired driving, assault, and theft to more serious matters such as drug trafficking, sexual assault, robbery, homicide, human trafficking, and firearms offences. It also takes on bail hearings, helping clients prepare sureties and build a case for release rather than leaving that step to duty counsel alone.

Mota is a roster lawyer with Legal Aid Ontario and offers services in English and Portuguese, so clients who need a certificate lawyer, or who are more comfortable speaking Portuguese, have somewhere to turn. According to the firm's own site, the practice has been built over more than eight years and more than 10,000 hours in court, working with more than 3,000 clients in that time. The phone line is answered 24 hours a day, though regular office hours run Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.