
Shane Martínez is a Toronto-based criminal defence and human rights lawyer at Martínez Law Professional Corporation. He served as counsel on the first private prosecution of Israeli military recruitment in Canada, and has pursued complaints to the Canada Revenue Agency regarding the funneling of charitable donations to the Israeli military. Shane also defends individuals criminalised because of their participation in Palestine solidarity protests. In 2024 he represented Independent Jewish Voices, the Jewish Faculty Network, and the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association in their joint intervention in the case of Sarah Jama, a Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario who was censured for calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
