Randy (“Ray”) Michael Maruschak
raymm@rogers.com
About
Barrister, Solicitor, Chartered Accountant, Notary Public
- Over 15 years of successful sole practice, serving a wide range of clients with diverse legal needs.
- Extensive experience in criminal and family court litigation from inception to judgment.
- Sixteen years representing clients in family and criminal proceedings, both as duty counsel and counsel of record.
- Frequent service as first appearance duty counsel, young offender’s duty counsel, bail court duty counsel, and plea court duty counsel.
- Comprehensive understanding of the interplay between criminal, immigration, and family law.
Work Experience
Sole Practitioner
Toronto, ON, Canada
Barrister, Solicitor, Chartered Accountant, Notary Public
Jan. 1990 - Dec. 2007
Sole Practitioner: I have run my successful sole practice for 15 years, serving a wide range of clients with a wide range of legal problems. I have considerable experience in criminal and family court litigation from inception to judgment.
Experience family law and criminal advocate: I have sixteen years of experience representing clients in family and criminal proceedings, both as duty counsel and counsel of record.
Experience family law and criminal advocate: I have sixteen years of experience representing clients in family and criminal proceedings, both as duty counsel and counsel of record.
- Frequently served as first appearance duty counsel, young offender’s duty counsel, bail court duty counsel and plea court duty counsel.
- As duty counsel in both adult and young offender court, on weekdays and weekends, I interviewed newly arrested prisoners, assisted accused in plea court, contacted lawyers as instructed by accused.
- Carried out phone instructions from counsel and reported back to them that day.
- Negotiated terms of adjournment and release with the Crown; obtained surety information, sought and qualified sureties, coordinated sureties, sought bail hearing adjournments when it would benefit the accused, sought Bail Program assistance when the accused had no support and conducted bail hearings with and without sureties, win and in the face of crown onus.
- As private counsel, conducted pre-trials, brought bail amendment motions, made submissions on guilty pleas and conducted multi-day trials on summary and indictable charges and prosecuted appeals of Provincial Court bail decisions to the Toronto Superior Court of Ontario.
- Represented many clients in immigration and family law matters and understand the interplay between criminal and immigration and family law.
Deloitte & Touché
Chartered Accountant specializing in income tax
Jan. 1989 - Dec. 1990
- Practice as Chartered Accountant specializing in income tax.
Rochwerg, Sacks & Truster
Chartered Accountant specializing in income tax
Jan. 1988 - Dec. 1989
- Practice as Chartered Accountant specializing in income tax.
Northern Telecom Limited
Manager, Accounting Department
Jan. 1985 - Dec. 1988
- Manager, Accounting Department.
Clarkson, Gordon
Chartered Accountant student / Manager, Tax Department
Jan. 1982 - Dec. 1985
- Chartered Accountant student, qualified as CA in 1984, promoted to Manager, Tax Department.
Davis, Ward & Beck
Articling Student
Jan. 1980 - Dec. 1982
- Articled at Davis, Ward & Beck.
- Enrolled and admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada 1982.
Education
Osgoode Hall Law School / York University
Toronto, ON, Canada
Combined LL.B / MBA
Jan. 1977 - Dec. 1980
- Graduated from combined LL.B / MBA program.
- Earned Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School and MBA from York University.
Skills
Legal Practice
- Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public
- Criminal and family court litigation
- Duty counsel (first appearance, young offender, bail court, plea court)
- Immigration and family law
Accounting & Tax
- Chartered Accountant (CA)
- Income tax specialization
- Managerial accounting