Christopher Devlin Hicks

Christopher Hicks, along with Michael Block and Colin Adams, is one of the founding partners of the criminal law firm Hicks Adams . He has been practicing criminal law for more than 2 and a half decades, with a special interest, and extensive experience, in jury trials and appeals . In the course of his career, Christopher Hicks has been involved in scores of jury trials involving the most serious crimes in The Criminal Code , has argued appeals of both conviction and sentence in the court of appeal on a regular basis, and has represented clients in the Supreme Court of Canada more than a dozen times.

Christopher Hicks is also frequently recognized as one of Toronto’s top lawyers in criminal defence by Post City Magazine.

Christopher Hicks was recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2027 for Criminal Defence, and he has been recognized since 2021.

Partner Christopher Hicks recently appeared on CTV News to discuss the case of his client, Krystal Carleton. This interview followed a significant development in the proceedings, in which Ms. Carleton, a 36-year-old resident of Alliston, was granted bail for $50,000.

In ongoing court proceedings, Christopher Hicks is representing Karzan Kakamad, who testified to his innocence in the 2021 shooting of Ali Ghorbani. Mr. Hicks guided his client through testimony clarifying that a jailhouse letter previously raised by the Crown was a hypothetical document written under significant stress.

Partner, Christopher Hicks, discusses Justice Maria Carroccia's judicial qualities as the pending verdict in the Hockey Canada trial approaches on July 24th.