Calvin Barry knows his shit, and knows many people in the inner circles of the legal system. He got former leaf captain Rick Vaive off on an impaired driving charge, which should have been an open and shut case. He obviously knew someone. Half these people know each other and do favours for each other. Vaive played golf all day, then drank all night and drove back from Collingwood to Toronto. Someone called the cops because he nearly hit them in a parking lot. He was pulled over, reeked of booze, could barley walk, pissed his pants and failed the breathalyzer test badly. Somehow the judge "believed" him that the he pissed himself because of a bladder problem, he was stumbling because he drove all so he was tired, the odor from alcohol was from a few beers he had 16 hours prior, and the breathalyzer machine wasn't working properly. (these days, they are like 99.9% accurate. They have them calibrated right down to the T)
What Barry does, is if your high profile like Rick Vaive and you retain him, you get his full attention. If you retain him because of his high profile status and your joe schmo, he'll take your money, and you'll never see him again. He'll send some lackey on his behalf to represent you, and you'll probably lose because the lackey doesn't know his ass from elbow.
He has an extremely shady past. He used to be on the bar, and had to leave because he was suspected in being involved in some type scam. Can't recall what it was. So he then opened his own practice as a defense lawyer.
He was also charged with sexual assault but walked on that charge as well.
Many people who meet him suspect he's a coke head.
