person charged with murder, who was innocent, and have the real culprit confess after a blistering cross-examination was too much for [him] to resist". His passion for criminal law crystallized during his time with Martin, whom he later described as the "Dean of criminal law in Canada". Following his articles, Moldaver began his career as a criminal practitioner at the law firm of Pomerant, Pomerant and Greenspan and became a partner in 1975. He had the opportunity to work with Justice Marc Rosenberg, and notable lawyers Eddie Greenspan and Alan Gold. He gained a wealth of experience in short time, as he was given the opportunity to work on murder files in his first year. As he continued to develop and progress into becoming a successful lawyer, he tried to stay true to his personal motto: "Don't go to trial unless you absolutely have to, but if you do go to trial – make your mark." After being named Queen's Counsel in 1985, he left the firm to begin practicing as a sole practitioner. After two years, he joined Goodman and Goodman, where he spent the rest of his practising career. Throughout his career, Moldaver has appeared in front of courts at every level, including the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario. As a lawyer, his only appearance in the Supreme Court of Canada was to make an application for leave to appeal a case to the Court. Following that application, he told his firm he was "never going back to that place". Some of the most frequently cited cases in which he was counsel include: R v Schell R v Torbiak R v Laverty PSI Mind Development Institute Ltd. v R R v Boyd R v Ramdass R v MAZ Ontario judge In 1990, at age 42, Moldaver was appointed to the High Court of Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario (now known as the Ontario Superior Court of Justice). He spent five years there before being elevated to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1995. Moldaver sat on the Court of Appeal for the next 16 years before his eventual appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada. While at the Court of Appeal, Moldaver was known as one of the Court's most outspoken members and was considered an expert on criminal law. In a series of controversial speeches, he complained