Aalam Baga*

The first days after a charge decide more than the trial.

Aalam leads the criminal defence practice at GSG, acting for clients facing charges across Surrey and the Lower Mainland. His approach is direct and strategic: secure release on the best terms, get full disclosure early, test the Crown's case against the Charter, and resolve or fight from a position of preparation rather than hope.

For professionals, business owners, and anyone whose work depends on a clean record, a criminal charge threatens far more than the sentence — employment, licensing, travel, and immigration status can all turn on the outcome. Aalam defends the whole picture, and where a charge intersects with family, business, or immigration matters, he draws on the rest of the firm to protect what's at stake beyond the courtroom.

What clients value most is the discretion and the urgency. Charges do not wait, and neither does he — the strongest defences are built in the hours and days after an arrest, not the weeks before a trial.

Areas of concentrated experience.

Professional standing.

Outside the office.

Aalam works in English, Punjabi, and Hindi — which matters in a practice where a person's most stressful conversations are best had in their first language rather than their second. He brings a calm, measured presence to matters that arrive at the worst moment of a client's life.