Criminal Lawyers Vigorously Defending Your Rights And Freedom Since 1972
Criminal Lawyers Vigorously Defending Your Rights And Freedom Since 1972
Helping the Residents of Eastern Ontario including Ottawa and Surrounding Areas
150 Years Of Combined Experience
In Protecting Your Rights
Bayne Sellar Ertel Carter is one of the oldest and the largest law firms offering legal services for a wide range of criminal offences in the Ottawa region. With a combined experience of over 150 years, our lawyers have served individuals and corporate clients with skill and compassion, and effectively advocated in trials and appeals alike.
If you have been charged with a criminal offence, our lawyers strive to produce results via a vigorous defence. Our firm works tirelessly to get your life back to where it was, especially when your reputation, freedom and future are at stake. Our experienced lawyers provide a comprehensive defence, taking all factors into consideration.
Our office is located in Ottawa and our clients come to us from eastern Ontario, including Brockville, Cornwall, Perth, Pembroke and Kemptville.
Practice Areas
Criminal Defence
Sexual Offences
Driving Offences
Domestic Violence And Assault
Commercial Crime
Occupational Health And Safety Offences
Youth Offences
International Offences
Drug Offences
Violent And Weapons Offences
Appeals
Ottawa’s Professional Trial Lawyers
Our firm is comprised of experienced trial lawyers, offering quality service with practical legal advice that goes above and beyond. The firm represents matters of common offences as well as high-profile, sensitive matters equally. Each case is tailored individually, with diligence and straightforwardness, to ensure client confidentiality is not compromised at any level. Our team of lawyers prepares and investigates each case, leaving no room for surprises.
Our team has defended clients charged with all types of sexual offences, driving offences, domestic violence, commercial fraud, tax evasion, occupational health and safety offences, youth crimes, war crimes, drug offences, violent crimes and weapons offences.
Recent Posts From Our Blog
La défense de contrainte
La défense de contrainte est disponible pour de nombreuses infractions criminelles, bien que son applicabilité à une accusation de meurtre semble être extrêmement limitée. Il peut toutefois survenir dans une accusation de voit de fait ou trafic de drogue. La défense...
Charging the Jury on Multiple Defences in a Murder Case
Defence counsel are often faced with difficult tactical decisions to make at the end of a murder case. One of those difficult decisions is how to deal with alternative defences without undercutting the main defence theory. For example, the accused’s main defence may...
The Defence of Duress
The defence of duress is potentially available for many offences, although its applicability to a murder charge would appear to be extremely limited. It may, however, arise in an assault or drug trafficking case. In essence, the defence is that a person was forced...
Contact The Experienced Team Of Criminal Lawyers
The team at Bayne Sellar Ertel Carter has gained its reputation by providing high-level professional criminal defence. If you are facing a criminal charge, do not wait; instead, contact our firm by calling 613-604-2188 locally or toll free at 877-786-4479 to schedule a consultation.
Our lawyers are proficient in both the official languages – English and French.
Nous pouvons aussi vous servir en français.