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Alexander Pringle
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apringle@pringleandassociates.com
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Mr. Pringle is the senior member of Pringle Peterson MacDonald & Bottos and has been practicing as a criminal defence lawyer since 1973. A native Edmontonian, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1968 and earned his law degree from the University of Toronto in 1971. He was called to the Alberta Bar in 1972 and was subsequently called to the Northwest Territories Bar and Yukon Bar in 1977 and finally the Saskatchewan Bar in 1980.
Mr. Pringle enjoys a national reputation as a criminal lawyer and has defended serious cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, as well as in the Yukon Territories and the Northwest Territories.
In addition to his full-time criminal defence practice, Mr. Pringle has for 30 years taught various courses at the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. For the past 20 years he has taught the Criminal Law course and over the years he has also taught courses at this law school in Criminal Trial Procedure, Advanced Criminal Law and Advocacy.
Mr. Pringle, because of his expertise in criminal law matters, is often asked to be a speaker on topics relating to criminal law. For instance, he has in the past been a panelist or featured speaker for the following groups:
The Court of Queen’s Bench Justices of Alberta
The Alberta Provincial Judges Association Convention
The National Correctional Services Conference
The Canadian Association of Journalists
The Legal Education Society of Alberta
The Legal Education Society of British Columbia
The Criminal Trial Lawyers Association of Alberta
The Alberta Crown Attorneys Association
The Western Provincial Court Judges Conference
The National Training Seminar for Judges at the National Judicial Institute
The Edmonton Police Service, Training Section
The Alberta Homicide Investigators’ Convention
The Alberta Child Abuse Investigators’ Convention
The Western Canada Crimes Against Children Conference
From 1986 - 1998, the Province of Alberta appointed Mr. Pringle to represent Alberta each year at the Canadian Uniform Law Conference. He was elected Chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Uniform Law Conference in 1998. This body is responsible for recommending to the Parliament of Canada changes to the criminal law.
A significant portion of Mr. Pringle’s practice involves his representation of accused in criminal appeals. He has obtained landmark decisions in the Supreme Court of Canada on many occasions involving criminal law issues and issues relating to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Mr. Pringle has also been counsel in several leading constitutional cases, including the Electoral Boundaries case and the more recent Firearms Reference case.
Mr. Pringle was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1992. He was also appointed as a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers in Washington, D.C. in 1993. Mr. Pringle is also the author of several entries in the New Canadian Encyclopedia relating to various topics involving criminal law issues.
Alex Pringle is one of Alberta’s top criminal trial lawyers and his practice covers serious crimes of
violence, narcotics cases, white collar crimes and other major criminal cases. In his career, he has represented over 150 individuals charged with murder.
Many have relied on Mr. Pringle’s ability to deal professionally and discreetly with highly sensitive cases. He invites you to come in and discuss your current legal situation.
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