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Proven Results

Results That Make
a Difference

Robb has argued and won numerous trials in Provincial and Superior courts across the country, and has repeatedly had clients' charges dropped even when those charges involved numerous and serious allegations. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes, but they show what relentless preparation can achieve.

Robb MacDonald, Toronto criminal defence lawyer, on the courthouse steps

Two Decades

Defending
Serious Charges

Charges
Withdrawn

In Serious Matters

Five Murder
Acquittals

December 2024 – December 2025

Charter
Stays

Rights Violations

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The 2025 Record

Five People Charged
With Murder. Five Walked Away.

Between December 2024 and December 2025, Robb and his team took five separate clients from a murder charge to freedom, through full acquittals and charges dropped outright. The clients tell their own stories.

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The Ultimate Endorsement

When Lawyers Need a Lawyer, They Call Robb

Judicial praise is extraordinarily rare, and most lawyers will never receive it. The strongest measure of a defence lawyer is who turns to him in their own moment of need.

Fellow Lawyers

When Lawyers Face Charges, They Call Robb

On numerous occasions, fellow lawyers who have found themselves facing criminal charges have decided to hire Robb. It is a significant testament to his abilities when lawyers who work in his own industry choose to put their trust in him.

One criminal lawyer hired Robb to defend him on a serious case in Superior Court and was acquitted after trial. Many other lawyers facing charges have hired Robb and watched him negotiate their charges away. In every instance in which Robb has been retained by a fellow member of the Law Society of Ontario, his client has moved on without a criminal record of any kind.

Law Enforcement

Even Police Officers Rely on Robb

It is not only fellow lawyers who put their trust in Robb; police officers have chosen to rely on his services as well. Officers see the law through a very different lens than defence counsel, and despite those somewhat oppositional positions, a number of them have hired Robb.

Robb took one York Region police officer's matter to trial, and the officer was acquitted of all charges. In other cases he has represented police and negotiated for their charges to be dropped. Not a single one of Robb's law enforcement clients has ended up with a criminal record.

Notable Cases

A Record of Winning the Unwinnable

Superior Court of Justice

R. v. Kidane

A case many considered unwinnable. Through meticulous preparation and trial strategy, Robb secured a result that defied the odds.

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Aggravated Assault — Acquitted

R. v. Hoang — "The Road Rage Stabber"

Two lawyers told Mr. Hoang his case was hopeless and to plead guilty to a three-year sentence. He retained Robb one week before trial. Robb won, and Mr. Hoang was acquitted on all counts.

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First-Degree Murder

R. v. Chao

Charged with first-degree murder for a crime he had nothing to do with, the accused faced life in prison. Robb took on the defence of one of the most serious charges in Canadian law.

Murder Defence

Assault & Sexual Assault

R. v. A.H. — A Fellow Lawyer's Defence

When a fellow lawyer and Law Society member faced assault and sexual assault charges, he chose Robb MacDonald to defend him. The ultimate vote of professional confidence.

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Homicide — Acquittal

The Waterford Grandma Trial

After hours of blistering cross-examination, the accused was acquitted in a stabbing-death trial that left the Crown "shocked" by the outcome.

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Charter Application

Charges Stayed on a Charter Argument

A client considering a guilty plea instead saw all charges stayed after Robb argued a violation of the right to be tried within a reasonable time.

Client Story
As soon as I met Robb I had the utmost confidence in him. At the end of his cross examination I knew that no one in the courtroom believed the other side's story. Robb was nothing short of a life-saver.
John Hoang, Former Client

Your case deserves the same fight.

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