About | Paul Moreau

Paul Moreau, K.C.

Paul Moreau graduated from the University of Alberta law school in 1988. After articles with a general-practice firm, he joined the Alberta Justice Department as a Crown Prosecutor in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, for four years until he was transferred to the Appeals and Criminal Law Policy branch head office in Edmonton, Alberta, and worked as Appellate Counsel for the Attorney General of Alberta until 1997. Representing the Crown in the Supreme Court of Canada and the Alberta Court of Appeal, Mr. Moreau also advised the government on issues of criminal law policy. From 1995-1997, he was President of the Alberta Crown Attorneys Association, advocating for Crown Prosecutors with the government and public. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Moreau practiced civil litigation with Witten Binder, a large and prominent Edmonton firm.

Since 2001, Mr. Moreau has focused on criminal defence law at both trial and appeal levels, appearing in all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and concentrating on serious and complex matters. From 2023-2025 he was President of the Criminal Trial Lawyers Association, advocating for the defence bar and the administration of justice with the federal and provincial governments, and speaking publicly on criminal justice issues.

In 2016 Mr. Moreau completed the Osgoode Law School Master's program, and was awarded the degree of Masters in Criminal Law (LLM).

Mr. Moreau is the only person ever to have served as president of both Crown and Defence organizations.

Mr. Moreau devotes a substantial amount of time to volunteer work, including sitting on several committees with Legal Aid Alberta and the Alberta Courts, as well as Alberta representative to the Uniform Law Conference of Canada. He has published a substantial number of papers and case comments in various legal journals, some of which have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Mr. Moreau has also been a sessional instructor at the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, teaching Sentencing Law since 2017.