The price of solid, serious criminal defence should never be an undue burden.\u00a0 When your reputation, your freedom, and your ability to travel or maintain employment is at risk, the firm strives to accommodate the individual needs of its clients.<\/p>\n
In certain situations, you may be able to receive assistance from the government to help pay your legal expenses.\u00a0 Legal Aid Ontario provides “certificates” to clients that qualify based on a comprehensive assessment of their charge, their income level, and their personal assets and net worth.\u00a0 Norm Stanford accepts Legal Aid certificates for certain serious criminal offences.\u00a0 If you have not yet applied for Legal Aid, the firm may assist you in understanding how the Legal Aid Ontario process works and with the application process.<\/p>\n
Your first consultation is always free.\u00a0 The total cost of a criminal case depends on the difficulty and complexity of the criminal charges.\u00a0 During your consultation, the firm will determine the cost to defend your case from start to finish and provide you written confirmation of the legal fee.\u00a0 The firm does not charge for separate court appearances or for meetings with the Crown Attorney or Judge regarding your case.\u00a0 Also you will not be charged for telephone calls, photocopying and other associated costs.\u00a0 Certain fees may apply if we need to use expert witnesses, toxicologists (for impaired driving and alcohol related cases), or private investigators.<\/p>\n
No.\u00a0 Most criminal defence lawyers set their fees on a block-fee basis. Since the criminal defence process can often last for months, it is in the best interest of the client that they are aware of how much their entire case should cost up front.<\/p>\n
The firm does not turn away clients based on financial difficulty with retainer amounts and accommodates its clients by arranging long-term payment plans.\u00a0 The cost of the best possible criminal defence should not put an undue strain on your family or create unnecessary hardship.<\/p>\n
The firm accepts Visa, Mastercard, Debit, personal cheques, money orders, and cash.\u00a0 For complex cases, long-term payment arrangements are made through the office with no need for co-signers or guarantors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The price of solid, serious criminal defence should never be an undue burden.\u00a0 When your reputation, your freedom, and your ability to travel or maintain employment is at risk, the firm strives to accommodate the individual needs of its clients. Do you accept Legal Aid? In certain situations, you may be able to receive assistance from the government to help pay your legal expenses.\u00a0 Legal Aid Ontario provides “certificates” to clients that qualify based on a comprehensive assessment of their charge, their income level, and their personal assets and net worth.\u00a0 Norm Stanford accepts Legal Aid certificates for certain serious criminal offences.\u00a0 If you have not yet applied for Legal Aid, the firm may assist you in understanding how the Legal Aid Ontario process works and with the application process. How much do you charge? Your first consultation is always free.\u00a0 The total cost of a criminal case depends on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}