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Our Practice
G. Shiskin Law operates in partnership with Craig Hooker Shiskin Criminal Defence. Our practice is primarily focused on criminal defence and criminal appeals. Our practice covers criminal charges and trials in the areas of drug law, weapons offenses, and serious violent offences, including assault, aggravated assault, sexual assualts and homicide cases.
We also defend clients charged with a broad range of other criminal offences, including theft and property-related offences, firearms offences, and driving offences, such as dangerous and impaired driving.
As part of these proceedings, a particular area of focus is on advancing complex constitutional issues, to assert rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This includes applications to exclude evidence or have charges dismissed on the basis of violations of constitutional rights, such as rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
Our appellate practice includes criminal conviction and sentencing appeals of both summary and indictable matters. Our lawyers have represented clients appealing from relatively minor summary offences which have incurred a disproportionate effect on our clients.
We have also successfully represented clients in conviction and sentence appeals in matters of murder and other serious violent assault, drug trafficking, home invasions, and weapons convictions.
We further represent clients bringing their appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as assisting clients in the earlier stages of applying for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
G. Shiskin Law (in association with Craig Hooker Shiskin)
Gilliana (Jill) Shiskin
Gilliana earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Calgary. She articled under Mr. C. John Hooker – one of the most respected and experienced criminal defence lawyers in Calgary. Gilliana is a member in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta.
During law school, Gilliana was awarded the Pro-Bono Student’s Canada Volunteer of the Year for her leadership of the Human Rights Project. She was also the Founder and President of the University of Calgary’s animal advocacy organization, SADCLawS (Society of Animal Defence – Calgary Law Students).
Gilliana was awarded a Norton Rose International Study Grant to assist in her international studies. She spent one semester studying in Luzern, Switzerland, where she earned a Certificate in Global Legal Studies in International Economic Law, Human Rights, and Sustainability. She was also awarded the Norton Rose Energy Law Internship which allowed her to spend one of her summers investigating the liability surrounding injection-induced seismicity.
Gilliana has also earned her Master’s Degree in Philosophy (Logic and Language) from the University of Alberta, and her Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia. While studying her undergrad degree, Gilliana played varsity volleyball for four years and earned a number of Student-Athlete awards.
Prior to earning her law degree and becoming a lawyer, Gilliana worked in business management and human resources for over a decade. Most recently she was a Human Resources Business Advisor for Field Operations for a major international exploration and production natural resources company. She assisted a client group of over a thousand employees and contractors who worked in conventional oil and gas operations throughout western Canada. Gilliana excelled at progressive performance management, employment law and human rights issues.