About the Authors

• Author: Karen Jokinen/Peter Keen
• Pages: 33-33

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About the Authors

Karen Jokinen graduated from the University of Western Ontario’s Law School in

1986 and was called to the bar in 1988. She started her criminal defence practice inLon-

don, Ontario where she worked with and learned from her mentor Fletcher Dawson,

now Mr Justice Dawson, of the Superior Court Bench in Brampton. In October of 1997,

she relocated to Barrie, Ontario where she continued her career asdefence counsel and

also became an agent for the Public Prosecution Services ofCanada.

She is certified by the Law Society as a specialist in Criminal Law. As defence

counsel, she defends all charges under the Criminal Code—murder, arson, conspira-

cies, sexual assaults, domestic assaults, robberies, thefts, and frauds—and, of course,

has developed an anity for defending all driving oences, including alcohol and drug

impaired simpliciter, causing bodily harm or death.

Ms Jokinen was an instructor for the Law Society’s Bar Admission Course (Crim-

inal Procedure Section) in London, Ontario from 1992 to 2000 and a frequent lecturer

for various police forces on search and seizure, detention, and rights to counsel. She

has co-chaired the Ontario Criminal Lawyers’ Spring Conference for over ten years;

been on panels at both the CLA spring conference and fall conference; participated in

(and now chairs) the Law Society of Ontario’s annual “Impaired and Over 80” seminar

since 2014; and lectured at various other forums regarding both substantive and pro-

cedural criminal law and the ethics of criminal law.

Peter Keen is currently the Acting Crown Attorney for Wellington County. He was

called to the bar in 2002, then earned an LLM from Cambridge University before

becoming an Assistant Crown Attorney. He has authored numerous publications,

books, and conference presentations, with his work on third-party records law being

cited by the Supreme Court of Canada. He has presented at the Law Society of

Ontario’s annual drinking and driving conferences for many years.

Mr Keen has prosecuted numerous homicide, dangerous oender, sexual oence,

and complex cases and has extensive trial experience dealing with Criminal Code driv-

ing oences. He is often involved in training Crown prosecutors, is a regular presenter

at legal education conferences, and has worked with the Law Society of Ontario to

develop their criminal law continuing professional development curriculum.

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