Ian Carter

Mr. Carter is a partner at Bayne Sellar Boxall. He joined the firm in 2008 after practicing for four and a half years in Vancouver with prominent criminal defense lawyer E. David Crossin, Q.C.

Mr. Carter received his B.A. from McGill University in 1995. He subsequently worked as a television reporter and anchor for a number of years in Ontario and Western Canada. He completed his L.L.B. at Queen’s University in 2002 where he was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Blakes Scholar Award given to the student with the highest academic standing. After graduating, Mr. Carter then served as a law clerk at the British Columbia Court of Appeal before being called to the bar in British Columbia in 2003.

In both Vancouver and Ottawa, Mr. Carter has represented clients under investigation or charged with criminal offences including: the possession, production and trafficking of drugs, murder, kidnapping, sexual offences, driving offences and white collar offences. He also has experience with respect to regulatory and professional discipline matters. He has conducted trials in both Provincial and Superior Courts, has argued numerous appeals at the British Columbia Court of Appeal, and argued appeals at the Ontario Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. In addition, Mr. Carter has published several articles relating to issues in criminal law and has lectured on criminal law issues at conferences run by the Criminal Lawyers Association and the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa.