Jonathan Shime joined Cooper & Sandler LLP as an articling student in July 2000 and is now a partner with the firm. He represents clients before the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Superior and Ontario Courts of  Justice on a wide variety of criminal and quasi-criminal charges, including homicides, frauds, drinking and driving offences, sexual assaults, domestic assaults and offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and the Income Tax Act. Jonathan also assists individuals and corporations charged under the regulatory statutes, including the Income Tax Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. He has chaired or been a panelist at several conferences/seminars on criminal law related topics, including the Youth Criminal Justice Act and drinking and driving offences. Jonathan served as a staff lawyer to the Honourable Mr. Justice Stephen Goudge on the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario and as criminal review counsel at Downtown Legal Services, a community legal clinic operated by the University of Toronto Law School.  He is currently a member of the Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure.

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Jonathan A. Shime, Toronto Criminal Lawyer - Cooper & Sandler LLP

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4 B.A., LL.B. Partner (since 2008) Education  Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2002 Osgoode Hall Law School - LL.B. Class of 2000 McGill University, 1993 - Honours B.A. in Political Science University of Toronto, 1996 - Basic Mandarin Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 1992 - Political Science Employment July, 2008 - Present - Partner, Cooper & Sandler LLP Represent clients before the Ontario Court of Appeal, Superior Court and Ontario Court of Justice, including bail hearings, trials and appeals under the Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act Applications on behalf of clients pursuant to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms February 2002 -June, 2008 - Associate, Cooper & Sandler LLP Represent clients before the Ontario Court of Appeal, Superior Court and Ontario Court of Justice, including bail hearings, trials and appeals under the Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act Applications on behalf of clients pursuant to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  July 2000 - July 2001 - Articles of Clerkship, Cooper Sandler & West  Assisted in the drafting of facta for the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Superior Court of Justice Appeared regularly on behalf of clients before the Ontario Court of Justice Assisted in all aspects of case management including intake interviews, bail hearings, legal research and trial preparation April 1999 -Aug 1999 - Research Assistant, Osgoode Hall Law School’s Innocence Project Co-researched and drafted a successful application for intervention at the Supreme Court of Canada, assisted with preparation of factum for counsel’s legal argument before the Court May 1998 -Apr.1999 - Administrative Law Division Leader, C.L.A.S.P. Appeared before the Social Assistance Review Board and the Health Professions Board and made oral and written submissions, mediated at the Ontario Human Rights Commission Responsible for all aspects of case management, including intake interviews, legal research, negotiations and advocacy, caseworker in the Criminal and Immigration Divisions June 1996 - July 1997 - Community Development Worker, Keith Whitney Homes Society Assisted the homeless in finding and maintaining permanent housing, protected clients’ rights through the use of the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Landlord and Tenant Act Representative to the Advocacy Working Group, which advocated politically for the rights of the homeless June 1994 -March 1996 - Child and Youth Worker, Treatment Counselor, Jerome Diamond Adolescent Centre Member of clinical team servicing multicultural youth with emotional and psychological difficulties Member of CUPE and workshop representative to Labour-Management Committee March 1990 -July 1990 - Administrator, English Teacher - English Express (Prague) Taught in entrepreneurial English School for students and professionals. Extracurricular Activities and Community Involvement 1999-2000 - Gale Cup Team Member, National Champions, Osgoode Hall Law School One of four students selected to represent Osgoode Hall at National Criminal Law Mooting Competition 1999-2000 - Sopinka Cup Team Member, Osgoode Hall Law School One of two students selected to represent Osgoode Hall at National Trial Advocacy Competition in Ottawa, Ontario 1999-2000 - Arnup Cup Team Member, Osgoode Hall Law School One of two students selected to represent Osgoode Hall at Provincial Trial Advocacy Competition • Obtained 2nd place finish and secured place for team in the Sopinka Cup Competition • Honourable Mention for Best Cross-Examination and Best Closing Address to Jury 1998 - 1999 - Innocence Project, Osgoode Hall Law School One of eight students selected to represent individuals who have been wrongfully convicted • Negotiated with Crown Law offices and police forces to obtain seminal information about clients’ case files, arranged for DNA retesting with Crown Law office and private laboratory • Researched the causes of wrongful convictions and presented findings in the form of a seminar; conducted presentations for community organizations about wrongful convictions. 1998 -1999 - Upper-Year Mentor, Osgoode Hall Law School One of twenty students selected to be a mentor for incoming students • Organized and conducted seminars for first-year students on legal research, essay writing and exam preparation 1992 -1993 - Founder, Multicultural Student Coalition, McGill University Built coalition with student leaders of campus groups, including Black Students’ Network and Women’s Union, to fight discrimination on campus • Lobbied university administration to institute anti-discriminatory policies • Educated community through press campaign and awareness events. 1991 -1993 - Lobbyist, Outreach Worker, AIDS Education Committee Lobbied provincial and federal governments to improve the services for people with AIDS • Organized resource centre to provide HIV+ people with essential needs and referrals • Taught AIDS prevention to teenagers in local high schools. Publications “Corbett Applications.” Paper published in conference materials at “Criminal Intelligence: Critical Information for the Prosecution, the Defence and the Police,” Toronto, 2000.  Languages - English, French Travel Western and Eastern Europe, Middle East, North Africa (Sept. 1989- Feb. 1990) Northeast and Southeast Asia (Aug. 1993- Apr. 1994

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