Alain Hepner Q.C.

Law Criminal Defence Lawyer of the Year - Canada

Profile

Alain Hepner Q.C. has been defending clients for over 40 years, participating in many high-profile trials at all levels from the Provincial Court of Alberta and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta to arguing appeals at the Court of Appeal of Alberta and the Supreme Court of Canada. He employs a business philosophy of extending the same effort, focus and commitment to each client, regardless of ethnicity, history or financial circumstance.

Alain Hepner operates a Calgary-based boutique law firm. He only accepts criminal defence matters and offences against persons, against the State, or ones of moral turpitude. Areas of specialization include murder and lesser offences such as manslaughter, sexual assault and other all types of assault (aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm, common assaults), domestic related matters, fraud, theft and robbery, all types of drug offences, weapons related offences, tax evasion, computer and digital offences, impaired driving related offences and motor vehicle offences involving bodily injury or death. Hepner currently defends cases in the four western Canadian provinces – Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

In 2018, Alain Hepner Law was included on a prestigious list of top 10 criminal law practices in Canada. He also holds the Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating for achieving the highest level of professional excellence.