Goldbloom Law

Daniel Goldbloom lead counsel at Goldbloom Law. He defends criminal, regulatory and professional liability cases in Toronto and across Ontario.

He has represented clients at all levels of court in Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as before numerous tribunals, including the Law Society Tribunal at the Law Society of Ontario,  Regulated Health Professions Act Tribunals, the Ontario College of Teachers Discipline Committee, and the University of Toronto’s University Tribunal. He has also acted as intervenor on behalf of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario in significant criminal cases.

Before founding Goldbloom Law, Mr. Goldbloom practiced criminal, civil, and regulatory litigation at a pre-eminent national law firm, and with the then-President of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario.

While studying law at the University of Toronto, Mr. Goldbloom received national and international recognition for advocacy and client counselling. Before law school, he served on the editorial board of the National Post.

“Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims”, Law Society of Ontario Criminal Law Refresher 2023, Speaker (Webcast published September 20, 2023)

“Professional Discipline Agreements and Penalty Hearings: A Primer”, For The Defence, Vol. 43, No. 3 (June 2023)

“When ‘I Didn’t Know’ Is No Defence: Fraudsters, Parties, and Dupes in Professional Regulation”. Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada 24th Annual Fraud Conference, Speaker (October 3-5, 2022)

“Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: What to know, and how to avoid them”, Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario 2022 Annual Spring Conference, Speaker (June 18, 2022)

“Recognizing and Responding to the Intersection between Criminal and Immigration Law”, Ontario Bar Association Criminal Justice and Citizenship and Immigration Law Program, Speaker (Feb. 25, 2021)

“The Law of Unconstitutionally Retained Fingerprints: What counsel need to know”, OBA Institute 2019 — Criminal Justice: Watching the Detectives (Feb. 9, 2019)

“Mental Illness and the Law: A Practitioner’s Introduction”, Ontario Bar Association Criminal Justice and Health Law Program, Co-Chair (April 12, 2018)

“Review of Prosecuting and Defending Youth Criminal Justice Cases by Brock Jones, Emma Rhodes and Mary Birdsell, Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications Limited, 2016″, For the Defence, Vol. 37, No. 4. (Spring 2017)

“McNeil Disclosure: What are the police holding back?”, OBA Institute 2017 – Criminal Justice: The Ultimate Cure for Motion Sickness (Feb. 11, 2017)

Co-authored with Marlo Kravetsky and Andrew Matheson, “Corporate Inspectors’ Investigations .. or Inquisitions,” The Securities Exchange (Association of Corporate Counsel, Ontario Chapter), Vol. 1, Issue 1 (May, 2014)

“The State of Charter Damages in the Criminal Justice Context: Awaiting the promise of Vancouver (City) v. Ward”, OBA Institute 2014 – Criminal Justice: Litigating a Smarter Charter (Feb. 8, 2014)

“How Rob Ford Helped Us Understand s. 193 (And Why Justice Nordheimer Got it Right)” OBA Criminal Justice Section Articles, Dec. 16, 2013

Alexa Klein is an associate at Goldbloom Law. She defends criminal, regulatory and professional liability cases and works tirelessly to ensure the best outcome possible for her clients.

Before joining Goldbloom Law, Ms. Klein clerked for judges of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto and for a judge of the Court of Québec Criminal and Penal Division in Montreal. She also summered at the Ministry of the Attorney General Crown Law Office — Criminal, where she worked on high-profile criminal appeals to the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. While studying law at McGill University, Ms. Klein assisted in investigating claims of wrongful conviction for the Innocence Project and served as a director of the Legal Information Clinic at McGill.

Ms. Klein is a member of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, the Advocates’ Society, the Toronto Lawyers’ Association, the Women’s Law Association of Ontario and the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario. She provides legal services in English and French.