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Jordana Goldlist
Jordana Goldlist, sole practitioner with JHG Criminal Law in Toronto, focuses on criminal law.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in philosophy from York University in 2004, before earning her Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2007. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 2008.
Ms. Goldlist began her legal career as a civil litigator, focused on corporate commercial disputes, including fraud, misappropriation of funds and breach of trust claims, but now she practises criminal law exclusively.
She assists clients charged with a range of offences, including murder and manslaughter, armed robbery, as well as firearms and drug charges.
Outside of her legal work, Ms. Goldlist is a youth mentor with Covenant House shelter, a speaker and moderator at Grant House Addictions Treatment Centre and a former board member of Street Haven women’s shelter.
She is a member of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and the Toronto Lawyers Association.
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