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Services
CONSULTATION SERVICES
Receive legal advice and information during a comprehensive review of your case. Initial consultations are usually 1.5 to 2 hours in length, in person or by telephone. Ask for your complimentary Client Kit when you call to book your consultation, at 613.203.4874.
NEGOTIATION SERVICES
Especially since the pandemic, the legal system may seem to you to be a confusing and intimidating minefield. I understand the system and negotiate on your behalf, so you receive all your legal protections. Even more, as a skilled negotiator, I navigate encounters with police and prosecution so you can avoid charges, or have charges withdrawn or reduced.
LEGAL DEFENCE
If your case ends up in court, you'll benefit from my advocacy skills. Having litigated extensively both as a defence lawyer and as a crown prosecutor, I have unique insight to help you achieve a successful result.
About
Lisa Christian
Defence Lawyer, B.A. LL.B. (J.D.) Ontario
I earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Carleton University in Political Science, with a minor in Economics, followed by a Law Degree from the University of Ottawa. After an excellent articling position in criminal law, and bar exams, I was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1987. Since then, I have practised mainly as a sole practitioner in criminal defence, and I've also founded a legal research and writing business, practised civil law in a large law firm, and I was an Assistant Crown Attorney doing criminal prosecutions.
Currently and for the past many years, I focus on defence work, including where criminal law intersects with immigration, taxation, and family law matters. I also appear on quasi-criminal matters in provincial offences court for serious driving or other provincial offences. In addition, I defend against investigations of various professionals by their governing bodies, such as doctors, nurses, and real estate agents. My practise also includes representing people who may not be facing charges or investigations but who need strategic advice about the criminal justice system. For example, victims and witnesses benefit from having me as their own lawyer.
My clients are often older people with no criminal records, who find themselves in situations that could affect their employment, mobility, reputation, education or liberty. Many lawyers refer their family members and friends to me (and sometimes retain me for themselves). When you find yourself in a difficult legal situation - call me - I have the expertise to personally handle files of every complexity.
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