Mr. Carew graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Commerce (Great Distinction) and completed his Common Law degree at the University of Ottawa in 1982. Following his period of articles with the Ministry of the Attorney General in Ottawa, he was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1984 and to the Bar of Quebec in 1991.
Mr. Carew worked at the Ministry of the Attorney General in Ottawa until 1988 and then joined a prominent criminal defense firm. Since 1992, Mr. Carew has continued to practice exclusively in the field of criminal law as a sole practitioner and since 2015 in association with his daughter Vanessa Carew. He has vast trial experience successfully representing clients in the provincial and superior courts in Ontario and Quebec and has also appeared in the appellate courts in both provinces and in the Supreme Court of Canada (e.g., The Queen v. Knox).
Mr. Carew represents adult and young offender clients charged with all Criminal Code offences such as assault, sexual assault, threats, mischief, theft, fraud, forgery, personation, counterfeiting, break and enter, robbery, forcible confinement, impaired driving, criminal negligence, firearm offences, extortion, child pornography, attempt murder and murder. Mr. Carew also represents clients charged pursuant to provincial statutes such as the Highway Traffic Act (e.g., careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident) as well as other federal statutes such as the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (e.g., trafficking, cultivation), the Excise Act and the Customs Act.
Mr. Carew will vigorously defend his clients from their arrest to their bail hearing through to preliminary hearing and trial. His extensive experience will help to achieve the best possible result for you while protecting your hard earned reputation.
Mr. Carew welcomes new and returning clients and will gladly provide an initial consultation to explain your available options and assist in defending your rights. As Mr. Carew is bilingual, services are provided in French and English.