About Us
Rick Muenz
Calgary Criminal Defence Lawyer
Calgary Criminal Defence Lawyer Rick Muenz has successfully defended criminal cases for over 30 years in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan and in the Yukon Territory.
Mr. Muenz has practiced exclusively criminal law since 1992 and has defended every type of charge from murder to mischief. Though he continues to take on all criminal cases, he currently focuses on sexual assault cases and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Calgary Law School in the Advanced Criminal Law Course on this topic for the last few years. During this time, Mr. Muenz has also been a volunteer and instructor at the Alberta Law Society Bar Admission Course and has lectured at the University of Calgary Law School. He has addressed the Canadian Bar Association Criminal Law Subsection and has assisted with the new recruit class of the Calgary Police Service in preparing for dealing with cases.
Mr. Muenz was invited to be a guest lecturer to the 2019 Annual Educational Conference of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justices in 2019 and to 2018 Provincial Court of Alberta Judges Conference in 2018.
Mr. Muenz has appeared and successfully defended his clients in all levels of court in Canada including:
- Provincial Court (Criminal division)
- The Court of Queen’s Bench (more than 40 jury trials)
- Alberta Court of Appeal
- The Supreme Court of Canada
- Provincial Court (Youth division)
- Traffic Court
- The Court of Queen’s Bench Summary
To be noted, Mr. Muenz has also appeared in other quasi judicial and administrative bodies, such as:
- The Driver Control Board
- The Traffic Safety Board
- The Law Enforcement Review Board
Bar Admissions
- Alberta 1993
- British Columbia 2001
Education
- University of Calgary, Faculty of Law, Calgary, Alberta, Canada – Juris Doctor
Honours and Awards
- Contributor, “A Parent’s Handbook Concerning Drug Use” (author Dr. K. Wayne Hindmarsh Ph. D., current Dean of the College of Pharmacy University of Toronto)
- Speaker, Parents Research Institute for Drug Education (P.R.I.D.E.)
- Invited to Parliament by the late Governor General of Canada, the Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn, for his part in speaking out for his assistance in helping Canada’s youth in the area of drug abuse
Pro Bono Activities
- Volunteer, Alberta Law Society Bar Admission Course
Published Works
- Contributor to the book, “A Parent’s Handbook Concerning Drug Use” (author Dr. K. Wayne Hindmarsh Ph. D., current Dean of the College of Pharmacy University of Toronto)
- Numerous papers for the Legal Education Society of Alberta (LESA) including the most recent: “Production of Third Party Records In Sexual Offences” and “Evidence of Prior Sexual Activity”
Classes/Seminars
- Guest Lecturer, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, 2015 to present
- Lectured at Numerous Seminars in Calgary and Edmonton for the Legal Education Society of Alberta (LESA)
- Guest lecturer on Sexual Assault, Advanced Criminal Law Course, University of Calgary Law School
- Lectured on Impaired Driving, University of Calgary Law School
- Volunteer and Instructor, Law Society of Alberta Bar Admission Course
- Canadian Bar Association Criminal Law Subsection
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of Alberta, Member
- Criminal Defence Lawyers Association, Member
