Hicks Adams is proud to announce that its founding partner, Christopher Hicks, has been named to the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada™. Best Lawyers has become widely regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence since its first publication in 1983.

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Christopher Hicks Named to the Best Lawyers in Canada List for Criminal Defence Law

Hicks Adams would like to congratulate its founding partner, Christopher Hicks, for being named to the 2025 The Best Lawyers in Canada™ list for Criminal Defence. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2021.

Christopher has been practicing criminal law for over two and a half decades, with a special interest and extensive experience in jury trials and appeals. Throughout his career, Christopher has been involved in scores of jury trials involving the most serious crimes in the Criminal Code, has regularly argued appeals of both conviction and sentence in the court of appeal, and has represented clients before the Supreme Court of Canada on several occasions.

Congratulations to Christopher for this honour!