Patrick Metzler, Toronto, ON

Patrick Metzler has been a trial lawyer for over 26 years, and in private practice as a criminal defence lawyer since 1998.

I defend complex and important cases throughout the Toronto area, and elsewhere in Ontario. Discretion is a key element of my practice. I avoid the press, seek to preserve my clients' confidentiality, and deal in a sensitive manner with issues that are often delicate and sometimes embarrassing. I have appeared as counsel before many tribunals, and was appointed by the Federal Government as the Presiding Officer in the 2003 Videotron Competition Act Inquiry (overseeing hearings in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal), and the 2004 John Deere Competition Act Inquiry.