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University of Toronto. Osgoode Hall Law School.
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Brian Greenspan
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He is one of the most prominent and well-regarded defence lawyers in Canada. Greenspan received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1968 and his Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1971. He received his Master of Laws 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:
Naomi Campbell, Model
Cathy Smith, accused in the death of John Belushi
Rob Ramage, Hockey player charged with causing the death of Keith Magnuson while driving drunk
Omar Khadr, accused of war crimes (on behalf of the Criminal Lawyers" Association)
Armour Pharmaceutical Company, acquitted of providing contaminated haemophilia blood products
Andrew Rankin, Investment banker, acquitted of insider trading, convicted of stock tipping
Douglas Dunsmuir, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Group Technologies, acquitted of fraud
George Doodnaught, Anesthetist charged with sexual assault
Nancy Morrison, Palliative care physician, acquitted of murder
Justin Bieber, Singer
Greg Logan, Former Mountie convicted of smuggling narwhal tusks.
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