Practicing exclusively in the area of criminal defence, including, but not limited to the following: · Drug offences; · Criminal harassment; · Assault; · Domestic assault: · Sexual assault; · Weapons offences; · Murder; · Manslaughter; · Break and enter; · Robbery; · Theft; · Fraud; · Impaired driving; · Kidnapping; · Extortion; · Terrorism offences; · Bail hearings and reviews; · Fraud and Theft Charges · Credit Card Fraud
· Youth offences; · Constitutional challenges; · Pardons; and · Regulatory offences. Mr. Rippell is qualified as a member of Legal Aid Ontario’s “Extremely Serious Criminal Matters” panel. This designation allows Mr. Rippell to act as counsel on Extremely Serious Criminal Matters funded by Legal Aid, defined as “youth or adult trials, appeals or extraditions of: · All murder charges; · All dangerous offender applications; · All charges with a mandatory minimum penitentiary sentence of 4 years or more; · Charges contained in Criminal Code sections 83.2 to 83.22 related to terrorism.” |