Licensed Paralegal · Toronto
Twenty-six years inside the courthouse.
Now defending you in it.
Sam Pazzano covered the Justice Beat at the Toronto Sun for 26 years — the longest tenure of any reporter on the beat. He now practises as a Licensed Paralegal, defending traffic tickets, summary criminal matters, and regulatory discipline — with a current focus on Law Society Tribunal cases.
Practice Areas
Where Sam can help.
Traffic Tickets
Careless, stunt, speeding, distracted, drive suspended, no insurance — and the catch-all charges officers often pile on top.
View charges →Summary Criminal
Summary conviction offences a paralegal can lawfully defend — including the offences most often layered onto a traffic stop or accident.
View charges →Regulatory Discipline
Current focus on Law Society Tribunal matters — licensee conduct, good-character, and capacity hearings — plus other professional discipline panels.
View charges →About Sam
Vegas with Sinatra.
— Christie Blatchford, on walking through the courthouse with Sam.
Sam was dubbed the Michael Jordan of court reporting at a Ryerson University panel of journalists and lawyers. He covered the Ghomeshi trial, the Marco Muzzo sentencing, the Bernardo appeal — and broke the Bride of Bernardo story in 2014.
In a 37-year career at the Sun he reported from City Hall, Queen's Park, the police desk, the World Series, Hurricane Andrew, and the first gay marriage in Canada. He's appeared as a courts expert on Killer Couples, Snapped, and Behind Mansion Walls.
The byline is gone. The courthouse instinct stays.
Newsletter
Plain-English court news.
Occasional notes from Sam on what's happening in Ontario courtrooms and tribunals — written the way a reporter would write it, not the way a lawyer would.
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