Daniel Bradley Brown

Founder and lead trial counsel. Trial and appeal counsel at every level of court in Ontario.

Daniel Brown is one of Canada's leading criminal defence lawyers, defending individuals, professionals, public figures, corporations, and organizations in high-stakes criminal, regulatory, and professional discipline matters. His practice spans trials, appeals, regulatory hearings, witness representation, crisis advisory work, and complex investigations where a client’s liberty, reputation, career, and future are on the line.

Daniel was called to the Ontario Bar in 2005 after graduating from Queen’s University’s Faculty of Law. He began his criminal law career at Pinkofskys LLP, then Canada’s largest criminal defence firm, and in 2008 founded Daniel Brown Law — building a boutique criminal defence firm known for sophisticated advocacy, strategic judgment, and discreet representation in serious and sensitive cases.

Daniel is certified as a specialist in criminal law by the Law Society of Ontario — a designation held by fewer than 2% of criminal lawyers in the province. Practising from the firm’s office in downtown Toronto, near the main courthouses, he represents clients facing charges ranging from domestic assault , drug possession , and impaired driving , to sexual assault , murder , fraud , and weapons offences .

Daniel has appeared at every level of court in Ontario. He has acted as trial counsel before the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice, and as appellate counsel before the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Daniel is ranked in the 2027 edition of Chambers Canada for Crime, a nationwide ranking of Canada’s leading criminal lawyers. Chambers and Partners bases its rankings on independent research, including interviews with clients and other lawyers. Daniel Brown Law is also ranked as a firm in the same category.