Tyler MacDonald

Partner

“People who hold the view that the role of defence lawyers is simply to help the guilty escape justice are very lucky. They have the good fortune of never having been charged with a crime they didn’t commit, or of watching someone they care about being put through the cold gears of the criminal justice system. I hope those people never have to face the terrible circumstances in the future that might shatter their privileged view. In the interim, the best of us must soldier on, so that we might build and preserve a system that will offer those people (and anyone else) a valiant defence and a fair trial, if and when they need it.”

These words of Tyler MacDonald and the commitment they represent are born from over a decade of experience defending clients against murder charges, maneuvering through complex organized crime prosecutions, and standing on the leading edge of the evolving areas of defences against new on-line crime and impaired driving allegations.

From his earliest days in law—as a student lawyer representing people who could not afford lawyers and who had been rejected by Legal Aid—Mr. MacDonald learned that every person accused of a crime who values their future expects and deserves a fight to protect it.

No charges are “minor” and no lawyer should take on a case without being ready to do every possible thing necessary to win. Every case needs to be treated as if it were the determining event in the client’s life, because often it is.

This ethos has carried Mr. MacDonald through years of successfully defending clients against all manner of charges, from theft under to drug trafficking and from sexual assault to first degree murder.

Intensive case preparation and dauntless trial execution are approaches that work — no matter what the charge the client is facing.

Mr. MacDonald will commit all the time and energy necessary to get the best possible result for your case.  To him, there’s no other way.

To schedule a consultation, contact Tyler MacDonald at 416-459-3352 or at macdonald@criminaltriallawyers.ca.

View Mr. MacDonald’s website at www.macdonaldcriminaldefence.com

Contact Information

https://criminaltriallawyers.ca

416-598-1811

36 Lombard Street, Suite 100, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2X3, CA

Lisa Labelle

Lisa Labelle

Associate to Mr. Rusonik and Tyler MacDonald.

Ms. Labelle has an Honours Batchelor of Arts in criminology (minoring in criminal psychology), a degree in law (focusing on criminal law and graduating with Distinction) and her Masters of Law from Queen's University. She focused at Queens on criminal evidence law and the application of the Corbett principle to racial minority defendants.

Ms. Labelle has a strong desire to focus her career on advocating for equality and equity in the criminal justice system, working with and protecting clients from racial minority communities. She is fond of working on matters involving clients' rights as protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, cases involving police misconduct, and on allegations based on the execution of search warrants.

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Sophie Vaisman

Associate to Mr. Rusonik and Tyler MacDonald.

Sophie Vaisman is an associate of Reid Rusonik and Tyler MacDonald. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa. Prior to attending law school, Sophie attended the University of King’s College, Halifax, obtaining an Honours Bachelor of Arts, where she studied literature, history, philosophy, and political science.

Prior to being called to the Bar, Sophie was active in prison advocacy, volunteering with various non-profit organizations to ensure proper treatment of incarcerated individuals. A belief that incarceration should be avoided wherever possible for individuals accused of offences is part of what brought her to the practice of criminal law.

She brings a critical mind and compassionate approach to all of her work and believes everyone charged with an offence honours her by giving her the opportunity to represent them.