Criminal Lawyer in Grande-Prairie

Jeremy Andrews was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Masters of Business Administration in 2005. In 2008 he obtained his law degree from Dalhousie University. Since 2008 he has almost exclusively been practicing in the area of Criminal Law. In 2012 Jeremy moved to and settled in Grande Prairie.

During the first part of his of his career in Criminal Law Jeremy worked as a Crown Prosecutor with both the Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador governments. In 2014 Jeremy left his work in prosecution and applied his knowledge, experience, skills and professional connections to the practice of defending individuals charged with criminal offences; work he passionately continues to this day.

Jeremy has extensive experience regarding all aspects of the criminal justice system including advice pre-charge, conducting bail hearings, negotiating with the Crown prior to trial in docket court, and completing all forms of evidentiary matters including preliminary inquiries, Charter breach hearings, trials and sentencings.

Jeremy accepts clients with all manner of charges and has successfully defended clients charged with a variety of offences including, but not limited to:

-driving offences (such as dangerous driving, impaired driving, hit and run)

- drug offences (such as trafficking and possession for the purpose of trafficking)

-violent offences (such as all levels of assault, manslaughter and first and second degree murder)

- sexual offences (such as sexual assault, sexual interference)

- property offences (such as frauds, thefts and break and enters)

Jeremy has extensive experience dealing with all these types of charges and more. Throughout each step of the criminal process Jeremy consistently has the best interests of his clients in mind and does everything he can to obtain the best results for his clients in their specific circumstances.