About Evan Roitenberg, Criminal Defence Lawyer in Winnipeg — Evan Roitenberg KC, Criminal Defence Lawyer

About Evan Roitenberg KC

For most people, being charged with a criminal offence is an imposing, frightening experience. The system is unfamiliar and the prosecution and the police seem to have all the resources at their disposal. Faced with such a situation, one needs an experienced, talented advocate to defend and protect their interests.
Born and raised in Manitoba, Evan Roitenberg has been practising law since 1992. He has spent the entirety of his career committed to providing his clients with the best defence possible. It has been remarked, he was born to be a courtroom lawyer.
Mr. Roitenberg has defended many high profile and precedent setting cases and has defended individuals charged in all four western provinces, Ontario, and the Supreme Court of Canada. In all cases, the focus is on the client and the best interests of the client. Mr. Roitenberg routinely defends clients charged with the most complex cases, be they white-collar frauds or conspiracies to murder.
Mr. Roitenberg is widely regarded as one of the leading members of the criminal bar and is routinely sought after to share his skills at cross-examination, either in workshops for others; preparations of video tutorials; or requests by other lawyers to assist in their case preparation. He is a past president of the Criminal Defense Lawyers Association of Manitoba and is currently the Manitoba member of the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers.

Selected Professional Highlights

Appointed King’s Counsel
Named Criminal Defence Lawyer of the Year for 2022 from bestlawyers.com
Senior Commission Counsel, Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
Serves as the Manitoba Representative to the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
Faculty Member, Criminal Defence Advocacy Skills Workshops
Instructor in Advocacy, Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED)
Member Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute
Served as President of the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association of Manitoba
Counsel to AIDWYC, Commission of Inquiry into the Wrongful Conviction of Thomas Sophonow

Served as Co-Chair of the Manitoba Bar Association Criminal Justice Subsection
Co-Author: “Muddying the Waters”, a book chapter reviewing the evolution of remedies available under the Charter of Rights in The Charter at Thirty
Has appeared in front of House of Commons committees on matters of criminal law
Guest lecturer at Robson Hall Faculty of Law (University of Manitoba) and the University of Winnipeg
Presenter to lawyers as part of Continuing Legal Education; presenter to judges as part of their continuing legal education; invited presenter to numerous high schools in Manitoba and to the Annual Crown/Defence Conference
Frequent committee member for the Law Society of Manitoba
Recognized in the area of Criminal Law by BestLawyers.com

About the Firm:

Wolson Roitenberg Robinson Wolson Minuk

In 2021, Richard Wolson, Evan Roitenberg, Laura Robinson, Daniel Wolson, and Kevin Minuk joined together to form a new criminal defence law firm in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

This talented, effective, energetic, and dedicated group of lawyers established WRRWM to raise the bar in the practice of criminal law and offer clients throughout Canada a new and dynamic option for their defence.

Combined, WRRWM’s lawyers bring decades of experience and success in defending clients in courtrooms across Canada. The firm is characterized by a team approach, veteran savvy, and contemporary perspectives on the practice of criminal law.

The team of Richard Wolson, Evan Roitenberg, Laura Robinson, Daniel Wolson, and Kevin Minuk emerged from the former firm of Gindin Wolson Simmonds Roitenberg, which was named Criminal Defence Firm of the Year for 2020 by Best Lawyers in Canada®.