Brian Greenspan

Who is Brian Greenspan?

Brian H. Greenspan, 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 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.