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.[1][2][3]
Brian Greenspan, Goderich, Ontario, 1997
Career
Greenspan received his B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1968 and his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1971. He 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.
Greenspan is a partner in the Toronto firm Greenspan, Humphrey, Lavine. He is the brother of the late Edward Greenspan, also a well-known Canadian lawyer.
Notable clients
Greenspan's clients include:
- Alan Eagleson, Hockey agent and founder of NHL Players' Association[3][4]
- Naomi Campbell, Model[5]
- Myron Gottlieb, Co-founder and president of Livent[3][2]
- Cathy Smith, accused in the death of John Belushi[6]
- Rob Ramage, Hockey player charged with causing the death of Keith Magnuson while driving drunk[3]
- Omar Khadr, accused of war crimes (on behalf of the Criminal Lawyers' Association)[7]
- Armour Pharmaceutical Company, acquitted of providing contaminated haemophilia blood products[3][8]
- Andrew Rankin, Investment banker, acquitted of insider trading, convicted of stock tipping[3][9][10]
- Douglas Dunsmuir, CEO of Royal Group Technologies, acquitted of fraud[3][11]
- George Doodnaught, Anesthetist charged with sexual assault[12]
- Nancy Morrison, Palliative care physician, acquitted of murder[13]
- Justin Bieber, Singer[1]
- Greg Logan, Former Mountie convicted of smuggling narwhal tusks[14]
- Marco Muzzo, accused of killing three young children and their grandfather in a car crash while driving drunk[15]
References
- 1 2 Pagliaro, Jennifer (January 30, 2014). "Mayor Rob Ford’s friend accused of extortion and the pop star now charged with assault turn to the same man for legal help". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- 1 2 Westfield, Heidi (October 15, 2015). "Chambers Canada: Brian Greenspan makes short list of elite white-collar crime practitioners". Financial Post.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "White-collar clients rely on specialists". National Post. October 18, 2006.
- ↑ "Eagleson Asks To Go Free". Philadelphia Daily News. April 17, 1998. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Supermodel Naomi admits assault". BBC News. February 3, 2000.
- ↑ Holley, David (January 20, 1985). "Belushi Death Suspect to Return to L.A. : Cathy Smith Expected to Drop Extradition Appeal in Canada". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Makin, Kirk (October 25–26, 2010). "Serving time in Canada would give Omar Khadr a better chance of parole". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ Small, Peter; Huffman, Tracy (October 2, 2007). "Accused in tainted blood trial exonerated". Toronto Star.
- ↑ Perkins, Tara (November 25, 2006). "Ontario Securities Commission to appeal sentence in Andrew Rankin case". The Canadian Press.
- ↑ "Andrew Rankin looking to alter OSC bans related to insider trading case". The Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island). The Canadian Press. February 3, 2011.
- ↑ McFarland, Janet (August 23, 2012) [December 10, 2010]. "Royal Group defendants found not guilty". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ Hasham, Alyshah (September 3, 2013). "Dr. George Doodnaught: Defence argues sex assaults during surgery are physically impossible". Toronto Star.
- ↑ "R. v. Morrison, 1998 2075 (NS SC)". Case Law Canada. Globe 24h. November 19, 1998. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Narwhal tusk smuggler faces extradition hearing". CBC News. January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Miller, Adam; Morales, Steve (January 6, 2016). "Marco Muzzo, charged in crash that killed 4, to plead guilty on Feb. 4". Global News.
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