Biography

Jonathan Rosenthal is a Toronto-based criminal defence attorney. His practice focuses on white-collar matters and regulatory offences. He has appeared at every level of court in Ontario.

He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School with his LLB in 1987. He is an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode, where he is Director of the Trial Advocacy Program and Co-Director of the Intensive Program in Criminal Law. He is also a Team Leader of the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop (ITAW), an annual course offered to practising lawyers by Osgoode Professional Development. He is also a Team Leader at Notre Dame Law School’s Intensive Trial Advocacy Program and served a similar function at the Intensive Trial Program offered to practising lawyers by the University of Moncton.

In addition, he is a lecturer at continuing legal education seminars offered by the Ontario Criminal Lawyers Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Advocates Society, Osgoode Professional Development, the Alberta Department of Justice, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Ontario Court of Justice Toronto Regional Judges’ Seminar, the Ontario Court of Justices East Regional Judges’ Seminar and Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences.

Mr. Rosenthal is a former Vice President of the Ontario Criminal Lawyers Association. he is also an elected Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada where he is currently the Vice-Chair of Professional Regulation. He is also a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.