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AZAM MURJI, B.A., LL.B.
255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 611, Toronto, ON M3B 3H9
Tel: 416-447-9111 Ext.1; Fax: 416-447-7004
Email: murji@lawfirm.on.ca;
Website: www.lawfirm.on.ca
SUMMARY:
Practice Restricted to Criminal Law- Criminal Defence/Litigation;
Federal Crown Agent (Federal Prosecution Service, Department
of Justice Canada);
Part Time Assistant Crown Attorney, Ministry of Attorney
General Ontario;
Special Duty Counsel – on Complicated and Serious
Mental Health Cases, Legal Aid Ontario
Instructor at the Bar Admissions Course in Toronto
- Criminal Law Section, LSUC
Roster Mediator for the Ontario Mandatory Mediation
Program – Toronto, Ministry of Attorney General,
Ontario
Extensive Community Based Board Memberships inter alia
the Agakhan Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Ontario:
and West Scarborough Community Legal Services Clinic
(OLAP)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AZAM MURJI Barrister & Solicitor
255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 611, Toronto, Ontario M3B
3H9
Jan 00 to Present: Criminal Defence Law – Bails,
Prelims, Pleas, Trials and Jury Trials
Federal Crown Agent – Appointed September 2002
Part Time Assistant Crown Attorney
Special Duty Counsel – on Serious Mental Health
Cases
Roster Mediator: Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program
MURJI PATTERSON LEE Barristers & Solicitors
255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 611, Toronto, Ontario M3B
3H9
Nov 98 to Dec 99: Associate: Criminal Defence
MISIR, PATTERSON Barristers & Solicitors
880 St.Clair Avenue West. Toronto, Ontario M6C 1C5
Jan 97 to Oct 98: Associate: Criminal Defence and Civil
Litigation
1995/1996: Articles: Criminal Defence and Civil Litigation
Apr to Sep 1994: Summer: Criminal Defence
ENVIRONMENT CANADA, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICE
4905 Dufferin Street, Downsview, Ontario M3H 5T4
Apr to Sep 1993: Project Manager, Senior Planner:
Telecommunications
1990 - 1992: Project Manager, Senior Planner: Telecommunications
1989 - 1990: Project Leader: Computer Systems &
Telecommunications
THE GEMINI GROUP AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
330 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3B7
1988 - 1989: Project Leader/Communications Analyst:
Computer Services
AIR CANADA, COMPUTER & SYSTEMS SERVICES
151 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N1
1986 - 1988: Network Systems Analyst: Computer &
Systems Services
1985 - 1986: Network Software Analyst: Computer &
Systems Services
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
1997 - Present: Extensive ongoing training in Criminal
Law/Litigation; CLE courses: LSUC, CBAO and Criminal
Lawyers Association
1997 - 1998: Strategic Mediation Certification - Family
Mediation Canada
1996 - 1997: Ontario Bar Admission; Advanced Criminal
Procedure Section
1993 - 1995: LL.B. University of Ottawa
1985 - 1992: B.A., Computer Science, York University
1982 - 1983: Business and Economics, University of Toronto
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS/ PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2002 – Present: Part Time Crown Attorney, Ministry
of Attorney General Ontario
2002 - Present: Federal Crown Agent, Department of Justice
Canada
2001 - Present: Instructor - Bar Admissions Course -
Criminal Law Section
1999 - Present: Mediator, Ontario Mandatory Mediation
Program – Toronto
1999 - Present: Per Diem and Special Duty Counsel Panel
Member, LAO Ontario
1999 - 2002: Member, Agakhan Conciliation and Arbitration
Board for Ontario
1997 - 1999: Vice Chair, Agakhan Social Welfare Board
for Ontario
1997 - 1999: Advisor, Legal Matters Committee, Agakhan
Council for Ontario
1997 - 1999: Director, West Scarborough Community Legal
Services Clinic
1995 - 2001: Member, Criminal Lawyers Association
1994 - 1995: University of Ottawa - Legal Aid Volunteer
- Criminal Section
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