Edward Leonard Greenspan , (February 28, 1944 - December 24, 2014) is one of Canada's most famous defense lawyers, and a prolific writer of legal volumes. His fame was thanks to many high profile clients and his national exposure on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series, The Scales of Justice (1982-1989) and the television series (1990-1994).
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Life and career
Graduated University College, Toronto (1965) and Osgoode Hall Law School (1968), Greenspan is senior partner of the Toronto Greenspan Partners LLP law firm. He is vice president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. He is a member of the Quadrangle Society and Senior Fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto. Edward Greenspan became Queen Advisor in 1982. In 1991 in Boston Massachusetts, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Greenspan's job as a criminal defense attorney is widely recognized in the form of honors and medals. In 1999, the Law Society of Upper Canada awarded him the Honorary Doctor of Law. He was awarded the G. Arthur Martin Medal in 2001. He received his Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Windsor in 2002, Assumption University in 2004 and Brock University in 2012. He was awarded the prestigious Medocates' Society Medal in 2009 and most recently the highest honor to be awarded to Ontario Lawyers, the Medal Society Society.
As a Canadian of Jewish heritage, Greenspan is a vocal supporter of Israel and related issues. On October 10, 2002, he and fellow Toronto lawyer David C. Nathanson published an opinion article in the National Post stating that the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency should recognize Magen David Adom as a charitable organization.
Greenspan is an outspoken opponent of the death penalty. In 1986, when the House of Commons of Canada was debating a proposal to return the death penalty in Canada, Greenspan halted his practice for three months to tour the country and debate the issue in every available forum. The proposal was eventually defeated. In 2001 he argued and won a case in the Supreme Court of Canada prohibiting extradition of people from Canada to face possible death penalty in other countries.
Greenspan partners with some of Canada's most accomplished lawyers. Former Greenspan partners include: Michael Moldaver (Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada), Marc Rosenberg (Judge of the Court of Appeal of Ontario), Marie Henein and Todd B. White. In 1986, he was reportedly billed $ 1.1 million for one murder case; when asked to disclose the charges, he advised reporters "accused of a crime, came to my office and I would love to talk to you". Greenspan is an overt critic of the criminal justice law of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, including in the opinion section of 2012 in The Walrus magazine and an opinion article in 2013 in The Globe and Mail .
He is the brother of Brian Greenspan, also a famous Canadian lawyer and sister Rosann Greenspan is Executive Director of the Center for Legal Studies and Society at the University of California at Berkeley.
His life is the subject of a movie biography, Criminal Mind, by director Barry Avrich. Avrich also wrote an essay on their relationship at The National Post.
Death
He died of heart failure at the age of 70 years while on vacation in Phoenix, Arizona in December 2014. Greenspan funeral was held at Beth Torah Synagogue in Toronto with a burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Toronto Mayor John Tory says of Greenspan that "Life as a lawyer is not always easy." Edward Greenspan is a bigger person than life in our legal, city and state circle He is a brilliant lawyer who understands how important all the person has the defense, and he is a tireless fighter for human rights, besides he is a great citizen and a wonderful man.On my own behalf, and on behalf of the people of Toronto I express my sincere condolences to he is family, he really will be missed. "
MPP Jagmeet Singh reflects Greenspan's career in fighting for "marginalized people" as inspiration.
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Personal and family
Princess Julianna A. Greenspan is a partner at Greenspan Partners LLP. He joined the company in 2002 and became a partner in 2007. Greenspan worked at the Cook County Public Defender's Office and with Genson and Gillespie in Chicago before returning to Canada. He studied at Georgetown University and obtained a law degree at Northwestern University Law School. Julianna delivered her father's speech.
Client
Among the many famous Greenspan clients are:
- Judge Leonard Pace, judge of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, when the Judge was summoned in front of panel of the Judicial Council of Canada
- Roland J. Thornhill, former deputy prime minister of Nova Scotia: three counts of counterfeiting were stopped, 1991
- Gerald Regan, former prime minister of Nova Scotia, was released on 9 sex-related charges, the 1995 1995 trial
- Daniel Bailey, soccer player (released)
- Conrad Black (convicted)
- Helmuth Buxbaum (1984-1985, sentenced)
- Peter Demeter, in court who Greenspan made his name as junior advisor
- Garth Drabinsky, Toronto impression (client is penalized)
- Marc Stuart Dreier, New York's well-known lawyer accused of fraud-related security guarantees in Canada (clients go to the United States voluntarily and trial there with U.S. lawyer)
- Gerard Filion, former editor of Le Devoir and Chairman of the Marine Industry Council, is accused of cheating (waived)
- Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer who killed his disabled daughter (appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada)
- Gary Payton, Sam Cassell, with Milwaukee Bucks, was charged with an attack that caused physical damage (released)
- P. Governance, rapper is accused of alleged arms mastery in Toronto (client waived)
- Wolodumir "Walter" Stadnick, president of Hells Angels Canada (convicted).
- Karlheinz Schreiber, German financier (extradition problem)
- Stephen Williams, author of the book about Paul Bernardo (released)
Greenspan publishes or edits over twenty-five books. Below are just a few titles:
- Greenspan, Case for Defense . Autobiography, co-written with George Jonas.
- Canadian Rights Charter Canada Law Book, 1982 -
- Defense Advisor: Bernard Cohn Memorial Lectures in Criminal Law Irwin Law, 2005.
- Criminal Procedures and Practices . Toronto: Osgoode Hall Law School, University of York, 1976- (many further editions).
- The Dubin Lecture on Advocacy, 1998-2002 . Canada Law Book, 2004.
- Criminal Criminal Martin . Toronto: Canada Law Book, [1955] (editor since 1978)
- Statute Related Martin (editor since 1980)
- Perspective in Criminal Law: Essay on Honor John L. J. Edwards , edited by Anthony N. Doob and Edward L. Greenspan. Canada Law Book, 1985.
References
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