Geoff joined Investigation Counsel PC in 2016. Geoff has represented clients before the Ontario Superior Court, Divisional Court, Court of Appeal as well as Small Claims Court, Human Rights Tribunal, and other professional regulatory tribunals.  

Geoff’s practice has developed to assisting clients obtain urgent and extraordinary remedies in a range of fraud-related cases, including Norwich Pharmacal applications (for the production of third party records, such as from banks), Mareva injunctions and Anton Piller orders (for the preservation of assets and evidence throughout litigation). In recent years, Geoff has developed a focus on assisting sophisticated corporate clients who have suffered a theft of trade secrets, electronic data, or confidential business information by an insider investigate their loss and recover custody of their stolen and sensitive information. 

Geoff’s fraud recovery practice encompasses assisting clients in a wide range of disputes including: 

• mortgages and real estate transactions; 
• investments and securities trading schemes, including via cryptocurrency;  
• rogue financial advisors; 
• internal employee thefts; 
• romance or relationship fraud schemes; 
• construction and contractor fraud scenarios; 
• sale of business transactions; 
• bankruptcy fraud, fraudulent conveyances, and judgment execution; and 
• tracing of stolen funds including via cryptocurrency.