PRACTICE AREAS

The type of practice matters…
Vancouver-based criminal lawyers, Brian Mickelson and Paul Doroshenko restrict their practice to the defence of people under investigation or charged with criminal offences. Their work takes them to all regions of British Columbia, including Surrey, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Richmond, Victoria, Nanaimo, Abbotsford, Kelowna, Kamloops, and every city and town in the province.

Our practice areas include:

The sooner the Professional Vancouver Lawyers at Mickelson and Company are retained for your case, the better the results they can achieve for you. 

Their first job is to advise, intervene and protect…
During criminal investigations, the lawyers at Mickelson and Company can help you limit the harm to your case by putting themselves between you and the police. They will explain to you how to reduce the possibility of criminal charges even being contemplated, and often they can stop the investigation right in its tracks. The best defence may be a good offence. 

If you or your loved one is arrested…
Being arrested is a traumatic experience for everyone involved. It helps to have an experienced criminal lawyer on your side as soon as possible. Brian Mickelson and the lawyers of his office advise people who are under arrest on how to deal with the police. They are available 24-hours a day to advise people in custody as well as their families. 

Release on bail / Getting out of jail…
The determination of whether an accused is released on bail can have far-reaching consequences for the success of the defence. It is crucial to have a skilled criminal defence lawyer calling the shots. The lawyers at Brian Mickelson’s office have freed hundreds of people by winning them bail on serious criminal charges. 

Defending the charges and protecting our clients…
By restricting their practice to criminal defence you can be sure that the lawyers at Mickelson & Company have the specific skills to defend your criminal charge and protect you from the police. 

Every year Brian Mickelson and Paul Doroshenko successfully defend hundreds of clients in Vancouver, Surrey and throughout British Columbia on charges of impaired driving and all driving offences, assault, drug offences, sexual offences, uttering threats, fraud, theft, computer offences including voyeurism and possession of unlawful pornography, and prostitution related offences such as communicating for the purposes of prostitution.