About LMS Lawyers LLP

LMS Lawyers LLP is a full-service Ottawa firm with offices in Ottawa, Kanata, Almonte and Iqaluit. Practice areas include family law, real estate, civil litigation, and wills and estates. It also handles corporate law, personal injury, mediation, divorce and criminal law. The criminal group defends impaired driving, assault, drug, theft and fraud, and weapons charges, and also handles bail hearings and youth offences. Michael Smith is a partner among the criminal lawyers, and other lawyers include David Capra and Paolo Giancaterino. Its criminal pages explain how summary and indictable offences differ and what hybrid offences mean for the Crown's choice of procedure. A free consultation can be booked. Rated 4.1 from 79 Google reviews, 60 of them five stars and 17 at one star.

What reviewers mention: legal advice (6), trustworthy (6), attention to detail (5), understanding of the law (4), prompt responses (3), clear communication (3), defence lawyer (2), family law (2), process explanation (2), corporate litigation (2)

Services and details

Takes criminal defence cases

Impaired and driving offences

Assault charges

Drug offences

Theft, fraud and property

Weapons and firearms

Youth charges

Bail hearings

Free consultation

No information yet on domestic charges, sexual offences, homicide and serious violence, criminal appeals and Charter applications, accepts legal aid, service in French. The website did not say; call and ask.

LMS Lawyers LLP