Mike Buchinski

Background

About Mike Buchinski

Mike is the founding member of the Buchinski + Co. His practice focuses exclusively in the area of Criminal Defence where he provides legal advice and effective representation to clients facing personal jeopardy as a result of being charged with criminal offences in Canada. He is primarily based in Saskatchewan, but has appeared for clients in other jurisdictions in his practice. Mike has represented clients at all levels of court in Saskatchewan and has experience conducting criminal trials in Provicinal Court and has conducted trials at the Court of Queen's Bench before both judge and jury. He is frequently in court and has previously practiced Criminal Defence at Bodnar Law in Saskatoon and also with LegalAid Saskatchewan. While with LegalAid, Mike served as part of the a "duty-counsel"​ team of lawyers who had a primary responsibility of securing Bail or other Judicial Interim Release for those clients held in-custody after being charged with a criminal offence. Before turning his focus to build a practice with a focus on Criminal Defence and being employed with LegalAid, Mike articled and had a general litigation practice at a large, full-service law firm in Saskatoon. Mike obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Saskatchewan before enrolling at the College of Law and obtaining his Juris Doctor in 2012. He was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 2013. While attending the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Mike was involved in both the Gale Cup Moot and the Jessup International Moot Court Competition, where he prepared written and oral submissions. After his first year of class, Mike worked with Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) in the Legal Department where he developed a comprehensive precedent database to streamline productivity among existing SGI lawyers.