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I HAVE SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE DEFENDING PEOPLE CHARGED WITH A VARIETY OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES. EVERY CASE GETS THE SAME LEVEL OF ATTENTION AND EVERY CLIENT IS TREATED WITH THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE.

JHG Criminal Law focuses on homicide offences, the commercial drug trade, illegal firearm use and possession, and serious acts of violence. From Bail Hearing to Charter Application to Jury Trial, the goal is to ensure that you don’t get stuck in the trap of the Criminal Justice System.

It is a trap, designed to keep people stuck in place by detention orders and plea deals that guarantee a criminal record. I pride myself on never taking the easy way out. If there is a defence to advance, then it is pursued. And while it is impossible to predict a result, I always promise a fight.

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TORONTO CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYER CALLS FOR 'COMPLETELY DIFFERENT' APPROACH TO BAIL REFORM.

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When Toronto criminal defence lawyer Jordana Goldlist was 16, she was arrested twice for minor drug offences. And while out on bail, she said, there were “no services provided” to help address “the root causes, which was my drug addiction.”

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Would we continue to judge criminals for their mistakes if others were to judge us for ours?

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How To Choose The Right Criminal DefenCe Lawyer

Arm yourself with the knowledge to ensure you have the best defence possible.

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Who judges the judge?

Welcome to my new podcast aimed at questioning the way we judge the world around us.

Join me on the show as I interview a series of guests who have developed strength and discovered skills from situations of struggle and adversity that have allowed them to achieve success in their lives today.

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DEFYING ODDS: FROM STREETS TO COURTROOM SUCCESS.

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TORONTO CRIMINAL LAWYER JORDANA GOLDLIST ON REPPING TORONTO RAPPER, BEING HOMELESS & MORE

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OVERCOMING ADDICTIONS, THE POLITICS BEHIND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, RAP LYRICS USED IN COURT & GUN LAWS

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SECOND-DEGREE MURDER

R. v. A.B. | 2024 | TORONTO

My youngest client ever, at 13 years old, AB was charged along with 7 other girls in the swarming death of a homeless man named Kenneth Lee, who was beaten and stabbed during an altercation that was caught on CCTV footage and witnessed by several bystanders. I successfully argued for bail at the outset of the case and then negotiated a plea to manslaughter after the preliminary hearing. During the litigation, we learned that my client had been subjected to 6 illegal strip searches by the detention centres she was housed at. At the sentencing hearing, I argued that she should receive 3:1 credit for the time spent in closed custody (where the illegal searches occurred) plus her time in open custody totaling 15 months and that this was enough time in custody given her lack of criminal record, intoxication at the time of the offence, and the counseling she was doing to address underlying issues. The judge agreed and no further custody was ordered. He also agreed that an additional 21 months of probation, allowing her to continue the counselling programs she needed, would meet the ends of justice in this case.