Marcus Bornfreund

Marcus graduated from the University of Western Ontario with an Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Bachelor of Laws degree. He was called to the bar of Ontario in 2003 after completing a Master of Laws degree at the University of Ottawa focusing on Law & Technology. Marcus has appeared as a legal expert on television, radio and in the news. His practice combines academic excellence with creative courtroom strategies.

Prior to his criminal defence practice, Marcus was an adjunct Law Professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law during 2003-2006. After returning to his native Toronto, he continued to act as an adjunct Professor of Law at Seneca College’s York University campus before focusing full-time on Criminal Defence. Marcus practices throughout Ontario including Toronto, Scarborough, Etobicoke, North York, Newmarket, Barrie, Brampton, Milton, Kitchener, Oshawa and Hamilton.

Marcus has acted as criminal defence counsel on a wide range of high-profile cases, including the Jane Creba Eaton Centre Boxing Day Shooting (Project Green Apple), Galloway Boys Gang Murders (Project Pathfinder), 400 Crew Firearm Trafficking (Project Fusion), Toronto Police Car Arson (G20 Summit), Cocaine Trafficking and Steroid Manufacturing (Project Coppa), Jamaican Shower Posse Cocaine Trafficking (Project Corral), Dixon City Bloods Criminal Organization Firearm Trafficking (Project Traveller), Serial Killer Mark Moore (Project Summit), Fraud and Breach of Trust (Project Cyclone) and Conspiracy to Traffic Cocaine (Projects Pharaoh, Kronic and Vickery).