Calvin Barry articled with a well known Bay Street law firm and worked as a Highway Traffic Act Prosecutor with the Provincial Prosecutors Office before moving to the position of Assistant Crown Attorney with the Office of the Crown Attorney in 1988. He has appeared as a Criminal Prosecutor at all levels of Trial Courts and has prosecuted numerous homicides and other high profile indictable matters. In October 2004, after 16 years as a senior crown attorney he left the Attorney General`s office to join McPhadden Samac Merner Barry. His practice is restricted to criminal and regulatory matters.
Mr. Barry now acts as a criminal defence lawyer for all types of criminal charges. In his private practice Mr. Barry has defended high profile fraud cases, drug related matters, assault, theft, manslaughter and murder charges. Mr. Barry has been particularly successful in defending a large number of drinking and driving charges, such as impaired driving, over 80 mg of alcohol in the blood and failure to blow.
Mr. Barry’s community involvement includes having served as chairman of the Attorney General’s United Way campaign, fundraiser for the Children’s Wish Foundation, participant in the Metropolitan Toronto Police Torch Run for charity, and Chairperson of the Sunnybrook Stables Fundraiser for the Canadian Olympic Equestrian Team. He also served as Chairperson of the 50th Anniversary of Prosecutors, Ontario Crown Attorney’s Association (1996) and as a co-organizer of the Annual Jack Hughes Memorial Crown Attorney’s Baseball Tournament (1991-95).
Mr. Barry is currently a member of the Criminal Lawyers Association. He is a past director of the board of the Ontario Crown Attorney’s Association (1990-2000), and , in particular, worked as Treasurer of the Association (1994-95) and as a member of the Association’s Finance Committee (1996-97). He has also served as a member of the Toronto Mayor’s Task Force on Drugs (1995-98); a director of the Board of Directors of Variety Village; and a director of the Osgoode Hall Alumni Association
Address:
113 Front Street East
Toronto, M5A 4S5
Phone: 1-866-961-4963
Email: cbarry@calvinbarry.ca
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Calvin Barry is a Toronto-based criminal lawyer with over 16 years experience as a senior crown attorney at Calvin Barry Professional Corporation - Criminal Lawyers. Calvin Barry Lawyer Toronto has practiced in the area of Criminal Law and Regulatory Offenses since October of 2004, accruing over 30 years experience in criminal law.
