The Law Office of David Midanik
1 lawyer · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 455 handling Criminal Defence.
About The Law Office of David Midanik
The Law Office of David Midanik is a sole criminal defence practice based in Toronto. David Midanik graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1976 and was called to the bar in Ontario in 1978. David Midanik was called to the bar in Alberta in 1980, then spent early years practicing law in Edmonton, where an archived version of the practice's site described work on Charter of Rights and Freedoms matters after the Charter's introduction in 1982. Practice moved back to Toronto in 1986, continuing a focus on criminal defence and constitutional litigation.
Case history on that archived site spanned charges from assault, weapons, and drug offences to fraud, robbery, and impaired driving, plus prosecutions under the Income Tax Act and the Immigration Act, along with occasional civil matters such as the Velma Demerson case. It also named involvement, with other counsel, in a 2011 class action alleging Charter violations connected to G20 summit policing in Toronto. As of that 2022 capture, the site listed more than 150 reported decisions dating back to 1978, argued across the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Ontario, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Alberta's Provincial Court, Court of Queen's Bench, and Court of Appeal, and the Federal Court of Canada.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1976 and was called to the bar in Ontario in 1978, then called to the bar in Alberta in 1980.
- Represented one of the four men accused in the widely reported 1994 "Just Desserts" case in Toronto; the charges against that client were stayed after a series of pre-trial motions.
- Obtained an acquittal for one of the young men charged in the 2005 Boxing Day shooting death of Jane Creba in downtown Toronto.
- Case records archived in 2022 listed more than 150 reported decisions dating from 1978, argued before the Federal Court of Canada and the appellate courts of both Ontario and Alberta; the same records note an appearance before the Supreme Court of Canada.
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The neighbourhood
The office is located on Shaftesbury Avenue in Toronto.
Frequently asked questions
- What kinds of criminal charges does the Law Office of David Midanik handle?
- Case records posted on the practice's site have covered a wide range, from assault, weapons, and drug offences to fraud, robbery, impaired driving, and prosecutions under the Income Tax Act and Immigration Act, alongside more serious matters.
- Does the practice handle Charter of Rights challenges?
- Yes. David Midanik has litigated Charter of Rights and Freedoms issues since the years spent practicing in Alberta after the Charter's 1982 introduction, and case records list decisions on illegal search and seizure, arbitrary detention, and right to counsel issues, among others.
- Has David Midanik practiced law outside Ontario?
- Yes. David Midanik was called to the bar in Alberta in 1980 after Osgoode Hall Law School and an Ontario call in 1978, spent early years practicing in Edmonton, and has appeared before Alberta's Provincial Court, Court of Queen's Bench, and Court of Appeal, in addition to Ontario courts.
- Does the practice take on civil matters, or only criminal defence?
- The focus is criminal defence and constitutional litigation, though the practice's own case list also names a small number of civil matters, including the Velma Demerson case.
- Where is the Law Office of David Midanik located?
- The office is on Shaftesbury Avenue in Toronto.
Where to find them
34 Shaftesbury Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4T 1A1 · 416-967-1603
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