Brian H. Greenspan, is a Canadian

Canada

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 lawyer

Lawyer

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. He is one of the most famous and well-regarded defence lawyers in Canada, owing to several high-profile clients and to his record in both trial and appellate law.

A graduate of the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 (1968), Osgoode Hall Law School

Osgoode Hall Law School

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 at York University (1971) and the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

 (1972), Greenspan is the senior partner of the Toronto law firm of Greenspan, Humphrey, Lavine. He is the past-president of the Criminal Lawyer's Association (Ontario), was the founding chair of the Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers, and is a director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted or AIDWYC, is a Toronto based non-profit organization founded in 1993 that is dedicated to the prevention of wrongful convictions and the reversal of cases that have already occurred...

. He is the winner of the 2010 G. Arthur Martin Criminal Justice Medal and the 2002 Douglas K. Laidlaw Medal for excellence in oral advocacy.

He is the brother of Edward Greenspan

Edward Greenspan

Edward Leonard Greenspan, QC is a Canadian lawyer and prolific author of legal volumes. He is one of the most famous defence lawyers in Canada, owing to several high-profile clients and to his national exposure on the popular Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series, The Scales of Justice .A...

, also a well-known Canadian lawyer.

Clients

Greenspan's many famous clients include:

• Alan Eagleson
  Alan Eagleson
  Robert Alan Eagleson is a disbarred Canadian lawyer, convicted felon in two countries, former politician, hockey agent and promoter...
  
  , Hockey Agent and Founder of NHL Players' Association
• Naomi Campbell
  Naomi Campbell
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  , Model
• Myron Gottlieb, co-founder and CFO of Livent
  Livent
  The Live Entertainment Corporation of Canada, Inc., also known as Livent, was a theatre production company in Toronto, Ontario, begun as a division of the motion picture exhibitor Cineplex Odeon...
  
  
• Cathy Smith
  Cathy Smith
  Catherine Evelyn Smith is a occasional backup singer, rock star girlfriend, "groupie" and drug dealer, who served 15 months in the California state prison system for injecting John Belushi with a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine in 1982.Smith had been paid for a front page headline story in the...
  
  , Accused in the death of John Belushi
  John Belushi
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• Rob Ramage
  Rob Ramage
  George Robert Ramage is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Minnesota North Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers...
  
  , Hockey Player
• Omar Khadr
  Omar Khadr
  Omar Ahmed Khadr is a Canadian child soldier and one of the juveniles held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He was convicted of five charges under the United States Military Commissions Act of 2009 including murder in violation of the law of war and providing material support for terrorism,...
  
  , Accused of War Crimes (on behalf of the Criminal Lawyers' Association)
• Armour Pharmaceutical Company, acquitted in providing contaminated haemophilia blood products
  Contaminated haemophilia blood products
  Contaminated hemophilia blood products were a serious public health problem in the late 1970s through 1985. These products caused large numbers of haemophiliacs to become infected with HIV and hepatitis C...
  
  
• Andrew Rankin, Investment Banker, accused of insider trading

External links

• Greenspan, Humphrey, Lavine Firm Website