Biography of edward greenspan

For the journalist, see Edward Greenspon.

Edward Leonard Greenspan,^[1]QC (February 28, 1944 – December 24, 2014)^[2] was one of Canada's most famous defence lawyers, and a prolific author of legal volumes.^[3] His fame was owed to numerous high-profile clients and to his national exposure on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series (and later a CBC television series) Scales of Justice (1982–94).^[2]

Life and career

A graduate of University College, Toronto (1965) and Osgoode Hall Law School (1968), Greenspan was called to the Ontario Bar in 1970 and was the senior partner of the Toronto law firm of Greenspan Partners LLP.^[2] He was a vice president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

He was a member of the Quadrangle Society and a Senior Fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto. Greenspan became a Queen's Counsel in 1982.^[4] In 1991 in Boston Massachus