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ANDREW BURGESS is a Toronto lawyer practicing criminal, civil, and regulatory litigation. He offers smart advocacy at great value.
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ABOUT ANDREW

Andrew is a Toronto lawyer with a practice focused on criminal, civil, and regulatory litigation.  He has broad trial and appellate experience and has litigated cases at all levels of court in Ontario, as well as in other provinces.  He has appeared multiple times as counsel at the Supreme Court of Canada, has conducted dozens of appeals at the Ontario Court of Appeal, and has conducted numerous high-stakes trials in different practice areas, including murder trials, sophisticated regulatory proceedings, and civil trials on the commercial list.

After graduating from law school at the top of his class, Andrew clerked for Chief Justice McLachlin at the Supreme Court of Canada.  Since his call to the bar, he has worked with some of Canada’s top criminal defence lawyers at Addario Law Group LLP and with some of Canada’s top commercial litigators at Stikeman Elliott LLP.  Throughout, he has tackled difficult legal problems in environments requiring the highest standards of excellence.  Starting his own firm has enabled him to provide this same high-quality representation at competitive rates.

The legal profession is more than just a job to Andrew.  He is passionate about legal issues and is an active member of the Toronto legal community.  He has frequently acted for civil liberties organizations in their efforts to protect Canadians’ constitutional rights, including at the Supreme Court of Canada.  He also previously taught trial advocacy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Andrew obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto and his law degree from the University of British Columbia. He is fluently bilingual and can represent clients in English or French.

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Expertise

Andrew has broad experience in criminal law.  He has successfully defended individuals charged with serious offences and has argued many complex appeals.  He has litigated criminal cases at the Supreme Court of Canada, and has experience bringing novel constitutional arguments where the facts warrant such an approach.  Andrew is a tenacious advocate for his clients no matter what the offence, and has represented individuals charged with murder, criminal organization offences, drug trafficking, assaults, and complex financial crimes, among other areas.

Andrew has experience acting for individuals and corporations in a wide range of civil and commercial disputes.  Andrew not only has civil trial experience, including on the commercial list, but, as a result of his criminal and regulatory practices (where cases more frequently go to hearings), has much more total trial and appellate experience than most civil litigators.  This experience gives him the ability to litigate cases effectively that go to trial, but also to obtain favourable settlements based on the credible threat of having to conduct a trial against an experienced litigator.  Andrew has litigated cases involving securities law, fraud, trusts, estates, defamation, theft of corporate opportunities, unfair competition, and shareholder remedies, among other areas.  Andrew is able to litigate complex cases efficiently and keep costs manageable for his clients.

Andrew has significant experience in regulatory litigation.  He has represented individuals and corporations charged with quasi-criminal offences related to issues such as land-use, construction, fire safety, and environmental protection.  He has acted for commercial parties in Securities Commission proceedings, and for professionals facing professional discipline hearings.  His experience at elite firms practicing both criminal and civil litigation makes Andrew uniquely suited to regulatory defence work, which often involves the application of criminal law principles to sophisticated commercial contexts.

Contact

To schedule an appointment, email andrew@andrewburgesslaw.ca or call 416-562-5137.

    416-562-5137

    647-256-3548

    866-677-9338

    andrew@andrewburgesslaw.ca

    111 Queen St E, South Building, Suite 450, Toronto, ON M5C 1S2