Awards

May 1, 2025

2025 Best Criminal Law Firm in Canada

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Cooper Sander Shime and Schwartzentruber LLP Ranked #1 Nationally and #1 Regionally for Best Criminal Law Firm.

Jun 03, 2025

Ranked Top Canadian Criminal Law Firm in 2024-2025

Cooper Sandler Shime and Schwartzentruber LLP makes 2024-2025 Top Criminal Law Boutique Firm.

March 4, 2025

Mark J. Sandler

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Law Society presents Honorary LLD to Mark J. J. Sandler

June 27, 2023

Mark J. Sandier

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2025 TLA Award of Distinction Recipient - Mark J. Sandler

Jun 02, 2020

Top Law Firm 2020-2021

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The firm's founder was the late Austin Cooper, recipient of the G. Arthur Martin Medal, which is awarded by the Criminal Lawyers' Association for significant contributions to criminal justice. Mark Sandler - who is a three-time elected bencher for the Law Society of Ontario is also a recipient of the award.

Feb 4, 2022

Best Criminal Law Boutique Firm 2022-2023

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Cooper Sandler Shime & Schwartzentruber LLP named Top Criminal Law Boutique in 2022-2023.

February 02, 2022.

Top 10 Criminal Law Boutiques in Toronto 2018-2019

We are once again very honoured to be awarded the distinction as one of Canada's Top Criminal Law Boutique Firms, as published by Canadian Lawyer magazine, February 02, 2022.

Aug 2025

CSSS Ranked one of Canada's BEst Criminal Law Firms

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Cooper Sandler Shime & Bergman is a seven-lawyer firm based in downtown Toronto, with extensive experience defending charges of white-collar crime, homicide, drug and sexual assault cases.

September 23, 2013

Jonathan A. Shime

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Jonathan was lead counsel for the coalition of community interveners before the Supreme Court of Canada in the M and DC (HIV non-disclosure) matters as well as the Bedford matter (sex work).