About the Author

• Author: Alan D. Gold
• Pages: 275-275

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About the Author

 .  practises criminal law at the trial and appellate levels and has

appeared as counsel before all levels of courts in Ontario, as well as in other

provinces, and in the Supreme Court of Canada. He is certied by the Law

Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Crimi nal Litigation and was the rst

Chairman of the Criminal Litigation Specialty Committee. In , Mr. Gold

was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He received the G.

Arthur Martin Award for Contribution to Criminal Justice in November, .

He is a past President of the Ontario Criminal Lawyers’ Association. Mr. Gold

is a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He has written and edited

numerous works dealing with criminal law, and is a regular speaker at confer-

ences and media commentator. e rst edition of Expert Evidence in Criminal

Law: e Scientic Approach was awarded the  Walter Owen Book Prize,

awarded by the Foundation for Legal Research to the author of a book which

represents an outstanding new contribution to Canadian legal literature.