The 2026 listing of leading Montreal Criminal Defence Lawyers details Montreal-based solicitors and avocats practising within the areas of criminal law and white collar criminal law matters in the Greater Montreal metropolitan area who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Giuseppe Battista, Ad. E. Battista Turcot IsraelÂ
Louis Belleau, Ad. E. Belleau Avocat
Nicholas St-Jacques, Ad. E. Groupe St-Jacques Inc.
Leading
François Fontaine, Norton Rose Fulbright
Adam Ginzburg, Ginzburg Legal
Philippe G. Knerr, Shadley KnerrÂ
Frédéric Plamondon, Norton Rose Fulbright
Gabriel Querry, Langlois Avocats
Raphaël H. Schachter KC, Ad. E.
Isabel J. Schurman, Ad. E. Schurman Grenier Morneau
Matthew S. Shadley, Shadley Knerr
Dominique Shoofey, Shoofey
Nadine Touma, Poupart Dadour Touma & Associés
Recommended
Fanny Albrecht, LCM Avocats
Sébastien Caron, LCM Avocats
Ferial Charef, Ginzburg Legal
Andrée-Anne Dion, Shadley Knerr
Guy Du Pont, Ad. E., Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Marc-André G. Fabien, Ad. E., Fasken
Stéphane Eljarrat, Norton Rose Fulbright
Jessy Héroux, Battista Turcot Israel
Me Israel, Battista Turcot Israel
Stéphanie Lapierre, Stikeman Elliott
Sophie Melchers, Norton Rose Fulbright
Elizabeth Menard, Yves Ménard Avocats
Léon H. Moubayed, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Louis-Martin O’Neill, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Vincent Paquet, Bolduc Paquet
Laureen Shadley, Shadley Knerr
Geneviève St-Cyr Larkin, McCarthy Tetrault
Dominic St-Laurent, Delegatus Legal Services
Jacklin Turcot, Battista Turcot IsraelÂ