Overview
Addario Law Group has earned a reputation as one of the best criminal law firms in Canada. Frank Addario is the principal of Addario Law Group. He leads a group of smart, hard-working advocates committed to finding innovative ways to help clients solve their criminal, regulatory and constitutional law problems.
Frank has been counsel on numerous individual and corporate investigations, criminal trials in the Superior Court of Justice and appeals in criminal matters before the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Large organizations, public companies, and chartered banks retain Frank to conduct internal investigations and to respond to enterprise-threatening events. He regularly advises public bodies, non-profits and oversight agencies, including the Toronto Police Services Board, about regulatory, criminal and constitutional law. Few lawyers in Canada have Frank’s experience in managing the overlapping demands of concurrent criminal and regulatory investigations and the media to guide organizations safely through a crisis.
Awards & Recognitions
- Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Criminal Defence, Toronto, Canada (2015)
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2024 for work in:
- Administrative and Public Law
- Appellate Practice
- Criminal Defence
- Awards:
- 2010 - Named one of the 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada
- 2011 - Lexpert Zenith Award for contributing to Access to Justice
- 2012 - Dianne Martin Medal for Social Justice through Law (awarded by Osgoode Law School)