| STEPHEN R.
BISS, Barrister & Solicitor, 470 Hensall Circle, Suite 303, Mississauga, Ontario L5A 1X7 |
D.O.B. January 24, 1953 biss@lawyers.ca (905) 273-3322 voice (905) 270-0130 fax |
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Professional Employment |
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Professional Experience |
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Community Involvement |
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Professional Workshops Provided |
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Reported Cases Where Counsel |
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| 1978 - 1979 | Law Society of
Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course Called to the Bar: April 5, 1979 |
| 1974 - 1977 | University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, LL. B. Cum Laude: May 26, 1977 |
| 1971 - 1974 | University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, B.A. with Grade A Standing: June 6, 1974 |
| 1966 - 1971 | Michael Power High School, Etobicoke, Ontario Scholar: August 1971 |
| Since 1980 | Stephen R. Biss, lawyer, sole practitioner |
| 1979 - 1980 | M. Gogek & Associates, lawyer, associate |
| 1977 - 1978 | M. Gogek & Associates, student-at-law |
| 1977 | Crown Attorney's Office, Brampton, student-at-law |
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| Since 1979 | Private Law Practice in Mississauga |
| Since 1979 | Peel Provincial Court (Family Division), duty counsel panel. |
| Since 1979 | Peel Law Association, member. |
| 1979 - 1995 | Official Guardian child representation/protection panel. |
| 1980 - 1981 | Peel Provincial Court (Criminal Division) duty counsel panel |
| Since 1981 | Peel Part-time Assistant Crown Attorney. |
| 1983 - 1984 | Peel-Dufferin Y.O.A. Planning & Implementation Group. |
| 1983 - 1985 | Part-time Counsel for Children's Aid Society of Peel Region. |
| 1983 - 1987 | Development and operation of a computerized service for lawyers and judges calculating income tax effects of support payments. |
| 1983 - 1994 | Development and maintenance of a computerized sentencing database for statistical analysis and comparison of most Peel Provincial Court (Family Division) Y.O.A. sentencing decisions used by Judges, lawyers, probation officers, and other professionals. |
| 1983 - 1994 | Development and operation of a computerized sentencing database respecting digested and reported Y.O.A. sentencing decisions in Canada. |
| 1984 - 1997 | Peel Duty Counsel Advisory Committee Member |
| Since 1985 | Peel Provincial Court (Criminal Division) Youth Court duty counsel panel. |
| 1989 - 1996 | Peel Criminal Lawyers Association representative on the Brampton Criminal Court Management Committee, (Brampton Delay Reduction Committee). |
| 1989 - 1993 | Development of computer software and graphics for province-wide comparison of time to trial in the Ontario Court (Provincial Division). |
| 1990 - 1991 | Chief Judge's Executive Committee, Ontario Court (Provincial Division), Delay Reduction Subcommittee Member. |
| 1993 - 1994 | Unified Family Court Committee, Peel Law Association, Research on Implementation of a Unified Family Court in Peel and Report to the Attorney General, Committee Member. |
| 1994 - 1995 | Peel
Criminal Lawyers Association representative on the Regional Group on Violence,
development of Violent Incidents Protocol,
Peel Board of Education, Dufferin-Peel R.C.S.S.B., Peel Regional Police |
| Since 1995 | Peel Criminal Lawyers Association, Treasurer |
| Since 1998 | Criminal Lawyers' Association Webmaster |
| Since 1998 | Criminal Lawyers' Association Young Offenders Act Sub-Committee member, (drafting submissions to the Minister of Justice re Bill C-68, the Youth Criminal Justice Act) |
| Since 1999 | Criminal Lawyers' Association Communications Sub-Committee Member |
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| Since 1978 | St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church - Prayer Group |
| 1981 - 1990 | Dufferin-Peel Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Challenge Programme for gifted students, lecturer and resource person. |
| 1983 - 1987 | Credit Valley Hospital fundraising, Organizational Committee for "Jail & Bail", $ 130,000.00 raised. |
| 1984 - 1996 | St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church - Marriage Preparation Course lecturer. |
| 1987 - 1994 | Tender Years Co-operative Nursery School, active parent and fundraising. |
| Since 1990 | Mississauga Ballet Association, active parent, webmaster |
| Since 1994 | St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church, Education Committee member |
| 1995 | St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church - Estate Planning and Powers of Attorney lecturer. |
| 1997 - 1998 | St. Thomas More School, Career Day Speaker |
| Since 1998 | St. Mark School, School Council member, parish rep. |
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Professional Workshops Provided:
| March 1984 | "Young Offenders Act", Legal Aid, Peel Family Court Duty Counsel, seminar for lawyers, facilitator. |
| March 1985 | "Procedure for Review of
Disposition in Peel Family Court - Section 33 of the Y.O.A.", Ministry
of Community and Social Services, Probation & Community Services, presenter. |
| October 1985 | "Failure to Comply - C.S.O.", Community Service Order Co-Ordinators' Association of Ontario Annual Conference, co-presenter. |
| November 1985 | "Impaired Driving Causing Death", Addiction Research Foundation, Addiction Awareness Week, Co-ordinator and participant in mock trial for students and teachers at a local high school. |
| April 1986 | "Enforcement of Probation Orders", Consultation with Peel Youth Court Judges, lawyers, Court staff, and probation officers respecting procedural simplification and consistency, facilitator. |
| April 1986 | "Bill 77 & the Young Offenders Act", Panel Discussion, Peel Board of Education, Staff Development, panel member |
| May 1986 | "Young Offenders Act", Family Services of Peel, Adult Protective Service Workers, Quarterly Meeting, seminar leader. |
| 1986 - 1987 | "Show Cause Hearing", Community Professionals Forum, Child Welfare Awareness Committee of the Credit Valley Hospital, moderator. |
| December 1986 | "Sentencing Under the Young Offenders Act", Peel Law Association seminar for lawyers, leader. |
| December 1986 | "Sentencing Under the Young Offenders Act", Ministry of Community and Social Services, Probation and Community Services, meeting for Halton and Peel Probation Officers, seminar leader. |
| February 1987 | "Young Offenders Act & Ministry of Correctional Services Act", The Salvation Army Cuthbert House, presentation for inmates serving open custody dispositions, lecturer. |
| March 1987 | "Role of Counsel in YOA And CFSA Matters", Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Children and the Law Course, guest panelist with a psychiatrist and Family Court Judge. |
| October 1987 | "Representing the Adolescent: Lawyers & Staff", Critical Risk - Quality Care, International conference sponsored by Thistletown Regional Centre, workshop presenter. |
| November 1987 | "YOA Present & Future", Corrections Approaching 2001, Probation Officers Association of Ontario Annual Conference, panelist with Family Court Judge & Assistant Crown Attorney. |
| April 1988 | "Mock Y.O.A. Sentencing Hearing", Associated Youth Services of Peel, Video-taped demonstration for staff and volunteers including sample cross-examination of author of a pre-disposition report. |
| December 1989 | "Search Strategies Using a Youth Court Database", Ministry of Community and Social Services, Probation and Community Services, meeting for Halton and Peel Probation Officers, seminar leader. |
| March 1990 | "Trends in the Y.O.A.: Past, Present and Future", Associated Youth Services of Peel Appreciation Conference, workshop presenter. |
| March 1991 | "Mock Askov Application", Associated Youth Services of Peel Appreciation Conference, presenter. |
| October 1993 | "Law and Community Building", Panel Discussion, Sisserou Cultural Club for Dominican-Canadians, panel member. |
| January 1994 | "Young Offenders Night", The Association of Parent Support Groups, Brampton, facilitator at question and answer session. |
| February 1994 | "The Police Services Act", Panel Discussion, Caribbean Association of Peel, panel member. |
| September 1995 | "Youth Crimes, Roles & Constraints of Stakeholders", Ontario Police College, Aylmer, lecturer. |
| April 1996 | "The Law and You - School Law", Rogers Community 10 Mississauga, participant in educational television programme sponsored by the Peel Law Association " |
| 1997 | "Bill 160", Lorne Park Secondary School, School Council panelist |
| 1997 | "Bill 160", Peel Board of Education, Professional Development for Teachers, lecturer. |
| 1997 - 1999 | "Conflicting Interests", Rogers Cable 10, 3 Young Offenders Act TV Debates in Toronto and Mississauga against Reform Party Justice Critic, Ontario Crime Control Commission Co-Chair, Police, and Safe Schools Network |
| 1998 | "Wills and Estates", Dufferin-Peel R.C.S.S.B. , Professional Development for Teachers, lecturer. |
| 1998 | "Internet Resources for Lawyers", Peel Law Association Continuing Education, co-organizer. |
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| R. v. G.M | (1985) 24 C.C.C. (3d) 288, (Ont. P.C.) Constitutional Validity of section 33 of the Young Offenders Act. |
| R. v. J.(J.) | (1988) 43 C.C.C. (3d) 257, 65 C.R. (3d) 371 (Ont.
C.A.), leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused April 6, 1989 Applicability of section 56(2) of the Young Offenders Act to victim's witness statement in sexual abuse public mischief case. |
Publications:
Abramovitch, R., Higgins-Biss, K., and Biss, S., Young persons' comprehension
of waivers in criminal proceedings., Canadian Journal of Criminology, July 1993.
309-322.