Edmonton Criminal Defence Lawyers
Shawar Law
Alberta, including Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie and numerous other locations. We provide services in Arabic and Cantonese for non-English speaking clients. Our lawyers defend people facing all types of criminal allegations and are not afraid to represent those facing the most serious allegations.
Our criminal defence lawyers have experience in all areas of criminal law, and are prepared to defend clients accused of all types of offences, including:
“over 80”, impaired driving causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving, careless driving, driving while prohibited or suspended, street racing etc.
criminal harassment, uttering threats, and other charges relating to a wife, girlfriend etc
such as possession of a controlled substance, trafficking in a controlled substance (drug trafficking), importing and exporting a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession for the purpose of production. “Controlled Substance” typically refers to drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marihuana (marijuana ) etc.
- sexual assault causing bodily harm, sexual assault with a weapon, aggravated sexual assault, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation etc.
assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, assault peace officer, manslaughter, attempted murder, second-degree murder, first-degree murder, terrorism etc. as well as firearms offences such as possess restricted weapon, possess prohibited weapon, careless storage of firearm etc.
robbery, robbery with firearm (armed robbery), break and enter, fraud etc.
such as possess child pornography, distribute child pornography, make child pornography, internet luring, internet fraud etc.
We provide effective advice and representation throughout all stages of a criminal proceeding, including,providing advice to individuals who may be facing criminal charges, but have not yet been charged , including arranging with police for an accused to be released upon arrest; advising accused persons who have been arrested as to what their rights are and whether or not they should make statements to the police; and, conducting bail hearings on behalf of accused persons who have been detained following arrest;
Once the accused has been charged we are able to vigorously defend our clients by exploring all available defences, including: seeking disclosure of all evidence that the Crown and police intend to rely on at trial and investigating the case on behalf of the accused to determine if other evidence may exist; advising the accused as to possible defences that may be available to them and how to proceed in their matter; negotiating a favourable resolution of criminal charges with the prosecutor (plea bargaining); and, if necessary, preparing the accused and other witnesses for trial and vigorously defending the accused at their criminal trial; if convicted, working to obtain the most favourable sentence for the accused; and whether or not a conviction or sentence should be appealed and if so, conducting the appeal on behalf of the accused.
Edmonton criminal defense lawyers is well equipped to ensure the wheels of justice turn smoothly and that the rights of those charged with criminal offences in the Edmonton area are protected without prejudice.