Goodman & Berman, Barristers

About Goodman & Berman, Barristers

Goodman & Berman, Barristers is a criminal defence firm based in North York, with a practice that reaches across much of south-central Ontario. The firm's two partners, David A. Goodman and Jeffrey Berman, both earned law degrees from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2005 and were called to the Bar of Ontario in 2006. Berman also completed an honours degree in commerce before law school and began a career at a Bay Street firm. Goodman started as an associate at a mid-level criminal law firm and took on trial work soon after finishing articles there. Since being called to the bar, Berman has practiced exclusively in criminal law, with a focus on Charter litigation and complex trials. The firm's lawyers handle cases ranging from impaired driving to sexual assault, drug and firearms charges, and murder, with courtroom experience at every level of court in Ontario.

Clients deal with the same lawyer from the first phone call through to the resolution of their case, rather than being handed off to someone else along the way. The firm keeps in touch by phone, text, email, Zoom, and WhatsApp, and works with interpreters for clients whose first language isn't English. Both partners have mentored newly called lawyers, and the firm regularly takes on articling and summer law students. It accepts both privately paying clients and those on a legal aid certificate, and consultations are free.