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Profile of Mark J. Sandler, Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyer

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Mr. Sandler received his LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto in 1978. He was called to the Bar in 1980. He is certified by the Law Society as a Specialist in Criminal Law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and currently Chair, Appeals Panel and Tribunals Committee, He is also Chair of the Law Foundation of Ontario. His practice is primarily devoted to appellate and trial criminal litigation.

He has served as counsel for six commissions or reviews, including the Goudge Inquiry (Pediatric Forensic Pathology), the Kaufman Inquiry (Guy Paul Morin), the Robins Review (Sexual Misconduct by Teachers), and the Minister of Justice’s s. 696 review into the Stephen Truscott case (Hon. Fred Kaufman Q.C.). He was counsel to the Honourable W. David Griffiths Q.C. respecting A Report to the Attorney General of Canada: Advice and Recommendations Respecting Certain Certificates of Analyst Issued by Health Canada and senior policy advisor to the Review of the Government Response to Institutional Abuse in Nova Scotia (Hon. Fred Kaufman Q.C., Chair).

He has served as a member of the Criminal Law Specialty Committee, Law Society of Upper Canada, Specialist Certification Programme; was an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School from 1992 to 2005; previously co-chaired the Criminal Lawyers’ Association Annual Convention and Educational Programme for three years; and has written and lectured extensively on criminal law, evidence, procedure and advocacy. He co-authored (with the Honourable Madam Justice F. Weinper) Criminal Procedure: Cases, Notes and Materials, Butterworths 2^nd Edition 2004. He has served as a Faculty member of the National Judicial Institute and currently serves as a Faculty member of the Federation of Law Societies annual Criminal Law Programme.

Mr. Sandler was formerly a part-time member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. He is former National Chair and former Senior Counsel, B’nai Brith League for Human Rights, and as such, has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on issues relating to hate propaganda and hate-motivated crime.

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