About HWJ Criminal Lawyers (Herscovitch Wyszomierska Jeethan)
HWJ Criminal Lawyers is a Toronto defence practice formed by Ariel Herscovitch, Magdalena Wyszomierska and Sharon Jeethan, with Nika Shanshashvili also on the team. The lawyers practise in association and have been in practice for over ten years. They concentrate on trials and appeals in very serious matters, including murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, firearms and drug offences, and sexual assault. Dangerous offender hearings and large scale fraud also appear among the charges they take on. Their appellate work covers the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Superior Court of Justice and applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, alongside constitutional advocacy. The firm also keeps a blog and a set of guides to the justice system in Ontario. Rated 5 from 6 Google reviews, all six at five stars.
Services and details
Takes criminal defence cases
YesAssault charges
YesSexual offences
YesDrug offences
YesTheft, fraud and property
YesWeapons and firearms
YesHomicide and serious violence
YesCriminal appeals and Charter applications
Yes
No information yet on impaired and driving offences, domestic charges, youth charges, bail hearings, accepts legal aid, free consultation, service in French. The website did not say; call and ask.
Contact
- (416) 744-2123
- 121 Richmond St W #303, Toronto, ON M5H 2K1
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Hours
- Monday
- 9:30AM-5PM
- Tuesday
- 9:30AM-5PM
- Wednesday
- 9:30AM-5PM
- Thursday
- 9:30AM-5PM
- Friday
- 9:30AM-5PM
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
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