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The Firm's History
Steve MacMillan graduated from the University of Toronto
Faculty of Law on the Dean's Honours List in 1984 and articled at
the leading Toronto corporate law firm of Osler, Hoskin. Upon admission to the Ontario bar, he was invited to join
Oslers and other prominent law firms as a practicing
lawyer, but chose instead to establish a criminal defence firm
committed to the highest calibre of trial advocacy in the defence
of serious criminal cases.
Since April 10, 1986, the firm S. G. R. MacMillan has
provided a professional practice exclusively restricted to
private criminal defence litigation, advising and representing
individuals and corporate interests in connection with criminal
and quasi-criminal cases.
Steve MacMillan has also been admitted to
the British Columbia bar and the firm maintains offices
and practices in both Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, BC.
Over the past twenty years, the firm's trial advocacy
expertise has been refined through the defence of over one thousand criminal cases, across a broad spectrum of criminal
law. This experience provides the sound legal knowledge, courtroom
advocacy skills and mature practical judgment which make the firm
formidable in all aspects of criminal defence trial work.
The firm's principal focus is on white
collar crime and in particular, the defence of fraud and other
criminal cases arising from financial transactions. These cases often
involve considerable complexity with transnational and international dimensions. As
one measure of the firm's experience in these areas, it has
represented clients charged with fraud and related criminal
offences in connection with financial transactions having an
aggregate value exceeding a quarter billion dollars.
In a related area of practice, the firm defends some of the
most sophisticated computer crime cases in Canada and has
developed an international reputation for its expertise in this
specialized field.
In addition, the firm is active in the criminal and quasi-criminal
aspects of securities, tax, environmental and other regulatory
fields of law. In these areas, emphasis is placed on initiatives
to reduce the likelihood of prosecution through compliance advice,
crisis management and coordinated early strategic responses to
government investigations. In the event charges do proceed, the
firm resorts to its traditional strengths in criminal defence
litigation.
Throughout the firm's history, its principles of practice have
been directed by a philosophy which has the singular objective of
providing clients with the highest calibre of advice and
representation possible, all in recognition of the crucial
difference an extraordinary defence effort can make for the
client.
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