1. ✦ABOUT
   

Nathan Gorham is a criminal lawyer in Toronto, and a partner at Rusonik, O’Connor, Robbins, Ross, Gorham & Angelini LLP, the largest criminal defence firm in Toronto.  He practices exclusively in criminal trial and appeal defence, and has appeared at all levels of criminal court including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He defends all types of criminal cases ranging from Murder, Impaired/Over 0.08, Domestic Assaults, Theft, Robbery, Guns and Weapons, Controlled Drugs and Substances and others. 

The focus of his studies in law school was on criminal law and he graduated at the top of his criminal law class with the following academic awards:

1. •Bayne, Sellar, Boxall Award (2003) for the highest overall grade in criminal law among the graduating class.
   

2. •Canadian Inter-university Academic All-Canadian (2001) for academic excellence playing varsity football, Queens Golden Gaels.
   

3. •R.W. Leonard Prize in Sentencing & Imprisonment (2002) for highest grade in sentencing and Imprisonment.
   

4. •Reuben, Wells Leonard Prize in Criminal Procedure (2001) for highest grade in criminal procedure.
   

After graduation he articled and then continued on as an associate at Pinkofskys, which was the largest criminal law firm in Toronto at the time. He was made a partner in 2005, and remained with the firm until June 2010 when he and several of his partners formed R.O.R.R.G.A LLP.  

He has also authored the following academic publications:

1. •Police Discretion, Racial Profiling, and Articulable Cause (2001) 49 Criminal Law Quarterly 50;
   

2. •Eight Plus Twenty-Four Two Equal Zero-Point-Five, (2003) 6 Criminal Reports (6th) 257;
   

3. •The Effects of Shropshire on Parole Ineligibility for Second Degree Murder, (2002), 1 Criminal Reports (6th) 324
   

4. •Regan: The Residual Category of Abuse of Process Continues to Shrink, (2002) 49 Criminal Reports (5th) 87
   

He has been lead counsel on nearly 40 jury trials, and has appeared as counsel at the Ontario Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada.  Click to view his detailed curriculum vitae.