Criminal Law · Ontario, Canada
Lawyer · Adam Boni · Toronto
Adam Steven Boni, LL.B. has been practicing exclusively in the area of criminal law for more than 30 years. He is a highly experienced, well-known and respected Toronto Criminal Lawyer who defends his clients with skill, passion and integrity. He has extensive trial experience before judges and juries.
He is regularly retained and consulted by other defence lawyers who seek out his assistance with difficult cases.
In 1999, Mr. Boni left the federal prosecution service to establish his own boutique litigation practice in downtown Toronto. Since that time, Mr. Boni has successfully defended individuals from all walks of life charged with a wide variety of Criminal Code offences ranging from First Degree Murder and Conspiracy, to Dangerous Driving Causing Death, Domestic Assault and Theft. His significant experience and ability in defending individuals against all types of drug charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is well known. He has represented individuals and corporations charged with quasi-criminal and regulatory offences under the Customs Act, the Income Tax Act, the Corporations Tax Act and the Environmental Protection Act. He has also represented professionals facing professional discipline offences, including police officers facing discipline under the Police Services Act.
Listen to what someone can to expect when charged with a criminal offence and the role that a lawyer can play in the process.
From 2004 to 2014, Mr. Boni co-authored the only biannually updated, national sentencing text devoted to drug offenders, Sentencing Drug Offenders. He also authored a number of significant legal articles, "Bill C-13: Laying the Foundation for the Modern Canadian Surveillance State" (For the Defence Magazine 2015), "The Practitioner's Guide to Search Warrant Review" (Law Society of Upper Canada, The Complete Guide to Search Warrants Program 2015) and the "ABCs of Search Warrant Review" (For the Defence Magazine 2010). Over the past three decades, he has regularly guest lectured on a host of criminal law topics at numerous continuing legal education conferences for lawyers, Justices of the Peace and Judges. He has also provided commentary on criminal law issues to a number of media outlets including the CBC, City TV, CBC Radio, The Globe and Mail, CFRB Radio and Canada Talks Radio (Sirius XM).