Criminal Lawyers Nanaimo & BC
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Our Practice Areas

We Defend All Charges

At Zargarian Litigation, we defend clients facing any criminal charge across Nanaimo, Courtenay, Vancouver Island and BC — from first-time misunderstandings to serious, high-stakes prosecutions. From assault, domestic assault and sexual assault to murder, drugs, firearms and fraud, we expose weaknesses in the Crown’s case and bring our client’s version of events to life.

Our defence is built on more than legal theory — it’s grounded in real courtroom experience, strategic knowledge, and street smarts earned through thousands of cases and a life lived outside the office.  

You will always speak directly to a criminal defence lawyer – no students or assistants.

This is where smart defence starts — and your defence comes to life.

Based in Nanaimo, Servicing All BC

Zargarian Litigation are criminal lawyers based in Nanaimo, but our services extend throughout British Columbia. Our lawyers regularly appear, and are well-known, in courts across the province, including:

  • Courtenay; 
  • Campbell River;
  • Duncan;
  • Nanaimo;
  • Port Alberni;
  • Smithers; and
  • Vancouver.
 

We defend our clients wherever we are needed in BC. As we are often in court and out of the office, we kindly ask that you call us first to arrange a no-obligation discussion about your case. 

What Our Clients Say

Recent Results & Representative Cases

These are examples of real outcomes achieved for clients across Nanaimo and Vancouver Island.

1. Sexual assault and break and enter: NO JAIL

Guilty plea to breaking into a residence at night and committing sexual assault; no jail.

2. Sexual assault with successfull appeal: NOT GUILTY

Conviction at trial of sexual assault at work; overturned on appeal with harsh criticism of the trial judge, not guilty.

3. Assault (domestic violence): NO RECORD

Domestic violence allegation; peace bond, criminal charges dropped.

4. Firearms: CHARGES DROPPED

Client had guns unsafely laying around; charges dropped after completing programming.

Assault

Guilty plea to domestic violence; discharged, no criminal record (many cases).

Assault by choking

Domestic violence by choking allegation; peace bond, criminal charges dropped.

Break and enter, damage property, and breach court order

Context of acrimonious divorce; criminal charges dropped.

Assaulting a police officer

Client punched police officer during unlawful arrest; charges dropped.

Assault peace officer and obstructing justice

Charges dropped.

Assault by choking

Domestic violence by choking allegation; peace bond, criminal charges dropped.

Assault with a weapon

Attack by client with knife; discharged, no criminal record.

Assault with a weapon

Guilty plea to hitting victim with car due to victim’s bad conduct; discharged, no criminal record.

Assault with a weapon

Client convicted of running over victim with car during conflict; no jail.

Aggravated assault

Most serious form of assault, charges for breaking ribs and collapsing lung; deal made for plea to less serious form of assault and no jail.

Attempted murder

Guilty plea to attempt murder of four people in random attack; 30 months in jail.

Firearms

Client had guns unsafely laying around; charges dropped after completing programming.

Firearms

Serious charge of possessing and transporting sawed-off shotgun; no criminal record.

Sexual assault

Convictions against multiple patients; conviction overturned on appeal, client not guilty.

Sexual assault

Conviction at trial of sexual assault at work; overturned on appeal with harsh criticism of the trial judge, not guilty.

Sexual assault

Allegation of non-consensual sex at the complainant’s home; not guilty after trial.

Sexual assault

Charge against massage therapist; not guilty after trial.

Sexual assault

Charge following sexual services; charges dropped.

Sexual assault and break and enter

Allegation of breaking into residence at night and committing sexual assault; charges dropped.

Sexual assault

Allegation of group attack by three people; peace bond, criminal charges dropped.

Sexual assault

Plea to simple assault, probation, sex charges dropped.

Sexual assault

Circumstances involving deceptive touching; discharged, no record.

Sexual assault

Guilty plea to serious circumstances; no jail.

Sexual assault

Older employer and young employee in hotel room; no jail.

Sexual assault

Grandfather with mental decline; no jail.

Sexual assault and break and enter

Allegation of breaking into residence at night and committing sexual assault; no jail.

Luring a minor

Client coordinated with minor to have relations; no jail.

Voyeurism and trespass at night

Allegation of looking into window and taking photos; acquitted after trial due to rights breaches and insufficient proof.

Distributing intimate images and criminal harassment

Client distributed sex video and repeatedly harassed victim; discharged, no criminal record.

Possession of CP

Client in possession of numerous disturbing images and videos; discharged, no criminal record.

Possession of CP

Client in possession of numerous disturbing images and videos; 12 weekends in jail.

Impaired driving and dangerous driving

Client fell asleep and drove off highway embankment; criminal charges dropped.

Impaired driving and dangerous driving

Single vehicle collision with children in car; impaired driving charge with 1 year mandatory driving prohibition dropped and sentence of 3 month driving prohibition imposed instead.

Impaired driving

Serious, single vehicle collision; deal made to avoid criminal record.

Impaired driving

Immediate Roadside Prohibition based on state after driving; defeated upon dispute.

Impaired driving

Immediate Roadside Prohibition based on being in driver’s seat of parked car; defeated upon dispute.

Dangerous driving

Criminal charges for client speeding over 220km in 90km zone; criminal charges dropped, traffic ticket instead.

Driving while prohibited

Carries mandatory minimum 1 year driving prohibition; deal made to avoid the driving prohibition (many cases).

Speeding

Carries mandatory 3 demerit points; deal made to avoid points (many cases).

Excessive speeding

Traffic ticket for speeding more than 40km over limit, mandatory 6 demerit points; deal made for no points (multiple cases).

Excessive speeding

Traffic ticket for client speeding nearly 200kmh, mandatory 6 demerit points; deal made for no points.

Flight from police

Client allegedly failed to stop for police; no points.

Arson

Client set fire to grass causing serious fire wildfire risk; no jail.

Arson

Client set fire with risk of spreading to structures; charges dropped after programming.

Fraud over $5000

Client committed cheque fraud; probation.

Killing bears

Client killed two bears in residential area; 20-year ban from firearms, weapons, and hunting; after appeal, NO firearms or weapons ban and only 2 year hunting ban.

Killing bears

Client had prior wildlife offences; received small fine.

Bylaw

Client fined $51 000 for unlawful property development; reduced to $9000 after appeal.

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