Brian Greenspan
Brian H. Greenspan, (born March 14, 1947 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer. He is one of the most prominent and well-regarded defence lawyers in Canada, owing to several high-profile clients and to his record in both trial and appellate law.
Greenspan is a partner in the Toronto firm Greenspan, Humphrey, Lavine. He received his B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1968 and his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1971. He was awarded the Laidlaw Foundation Fellowship and received his LL.M. from the London School of Economics in 1972. He was called to the Bar in 1974. He taught the Administration of Criminal Justice at Osgoode Hall Law School from 1977 to 1984 and was a special lecturer in Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Law School from 1984 to 1998.
He was President of the Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ontario) from 1989 to 1993 and was the founding Chair of the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers from 1992 to 1996. He was a member of the President's International Advisory Council of the University of Toronto from 2004 to 2010, a member of the Ontario Securities Commission Enforcement Advisory Committee from 2007 to 2009 and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC).
He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. He was awarded the Douglas K. Laidlaw Medal for excellence in oral advocacy in 2002 and received the G. Arthur Martin Medal for contributions to criminal justice in Canada in 2010. He was presented with an Arbor Award from the University of Toronto for service to the university in 2010. In 2012 he was recognized by the Law Society of Upper Canada with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. In 2013 he was awarded the Alumni Gold Key for Achievement by Osgoode Hall Law School; he was presented with the 'Key to the City' of his hometown, Niagara Falls, Ontario and was selected as one of the 'Alumni of Influence by University College of the University of Toronto.
He is the brother of the late Edward Greenspan, also a well-known Canadian lawyer.
Clients
Greenspan's many famous clients include:
- Alan Eagleson, Hockey Agent and Founder of NHL Players' Association[1]
- Naomi Campbell, Model[2]
- Myron Gottlieb, co-founder and president of Livent[3]
- Cathy Smith, Accused in the death of John Belushi[4]
- Rob Ramage, Hockey Player
- Omar Khadr, Accused of War Crimes (on behalf of the Criminal Lawyers' Association)
- Armour Pharmaceutical Company, acquitted in providing contaminated haemophilia blood products
- Andrew Rankin, Investment Banker, acquitted of insider trading
- Douglas Dunsmuir, CEO of Royal Group Technologies, acquitted of fraud
- George Doodnaught, Anesthetist Charged with Sexual Assault[5]
- Nancy Morrison, Palliative Care Physician, Acquitted of Murder of Dying Patient[6]
- Justin Bieber, Singer[7]
- Greg LOGAN, nawwhal Heist of the Century & facing Extradition to United States[8]
- References
External links
- Greenspan, Humphrey, Lavine Firm Website