CURRICULUM VITAE

EDWARD L. GREENSPAN, Q.C., LL.D., D.C.L.
Senior Partner in the law firm Greenspan,White
144 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1G8

1965 - graduated from University of Toronto, University College
1968 - graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School
1970 - called to the Bar in Ontario
1982 - received Queen's Counsel
1999 - received Honourary Doctorate from the Law Society of Upper Canada
2001 - received G. Arthur Martin Medal for contribution to Canadian criminal   law
2002 - received Honourary Doctorate of Civil Laws from the University of   Windsor
2004
- received Honourary Doctor of Laws from Assumption University,   Windsor
1983 to Present - Canadian Who's Who
 

 

ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT
1972 to 1999 - Lecturer of criminal law at the University of Toronto Law School
1972 - 1981 - Lecturer of criminal procedure at Osgoode Hall Law School, York
  University
1987 - 1989 - Lecturer of advanced evidence in criminal cases at Osgoode Hall Law
  School, York University
1971 to Present - Lecturer at the Bar Admission Course in Criminal Law
1982 - Milvain Chair of Advocacy at University of Calgary Law School
1983 - Practitioner-in-Residence, Faculty of Law, University of Western    Ontario
1986 - Culliton Lecture, University of Saskatchewan Law School
   
EDITORIAL BOARDS
1971 to Present - Associate Editor of the Dominion Law Reports
1971 - 1975 - Associate Editor of the Canadian Criminal Cases
1971 - 1990 - Associate Editor of the Ontario Reports
1971 to Present - Associate Editor of the Criminal Law Quarterly
 
 
1975 to Present - Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Criminal Cases
1978 to Present - Editor of Martin's Annual Criminal Code
1980 to Present - Editor of Criminal Appeal Rules Annotations published in Ontario    Annual Practice
2001 to Present - Editor of the Weekly Criminal Bulletin
1982 to Present - Member of Editorial Board of Canadian Charter of Rights Annotated
1985 - 1990 - Member of the Board of the Toronto Arts Awards Foundation
1986 to Present - Editorial Board of the Canadian Lawyer
1990 to 2001 - Editorial Board of the Law Times
   
RADIO/TELEVISION HOST
1982 - 1990 - Host/Narrator of "The Scales of Justice" CBC FM Docu-Drama on   famous
  Canadian criminal trials (Actra Winner 1983 and 1985 as Best Radio
  Show of the Year)
1990 - 1994 - Host/Narrator of “The Scales of Justice” CBC TV Docu-Drama on   famous
  Canadian criminal trials (Gemini Award Winner 1993 - Best Television
  Show of the Year)
   
ASSOCIATIONS
1973 - Chairman of Criminal Justice, sub-section of the Canadian Bar
  Association (Ontario Branch)
1977 - 1981 - Vice-President of the Criminal Lawyers' Association
1988 to Present - Member of the Executive for the Society for the Reform of Criminal   Law
1988 to Present - Vice-President of Canadian Civil Liberties Association Also a Member   of
            - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association
              - The Advocates' Society
              - The American Bar Association
              - The American National Association of Criminal Defense                Lawyers
              - The International Society of Barristers
              - The Canadian Bar Association
              - The Criminal Lawyers' Association
              - The Lawyers' Club
              - The Medico-Legal Society (Member of Council, 1981-1984)
              - International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
              - The Empire Club of Canada
              - York County Law Association
              - University College Alumni Association
              - Massey College Quadrangle Society
              - Golden Key International Honour Society, University of                Toronto
              Chapter
              - The Albany Club
              - The York Club
   
1977 to Present - Advisory Council of the Centre of Criminology at the University of    Toronto
1978-1985 - Uniformity Commissioner of Canada to the Uniform Law Conference
1981-1984 - A Director of the Advocates' Society
1981 - 1988 - A Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
1983-1984 - National Chairman of Criminal Justice, sub-section of the Canadian Bar
  Association
1984 to Present - Board of Directors of Canadian ORT Organization
1985 to Present - Board of Directors of Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation
1988 to Present - Advisory Board for the Toronto Lung Transplant Team
1992 to Present - Patron of the Speech Foundation of Ontario
1998 to 2001 - Member of the Ontario Judicial Council
1979 to Present - Honourary member of the Phi Delta Phi, The International Legal
  Fraternity
2003 - Board of Directors of Cryptologic Inc.
   
AWARDS  
1965 - The Maurice Coady Prize - University College, University of Toronto
1992 - The Commemorative Medal for the125th Anniversary of the
  Confederation of Canada
2001 - G. Arthur Martin Medal
   
PUBLICATIONS  
"Absolute and Conditional Discharge" (1973) Studies Crim. L., 65

Informing the Jury of the Consequences of an Insanity Verdict, (1978) 40 C.R.N.S. 73

The Role of the Psychiatrist in the Criminal Justice System
(1978) 23 Can. Psychiatr. Assoc. J. 137

"The Role of the Defence Lawyer in Sentencing" in New Directions in Sentencing (Butterworths: Toronto, 1980)

"Remedies in Criminal Law" in Special Lectures of the Law Society of Upper Canada 1981 (Richard De Boo Ltd.: Don Mills, Ontario)

"The Preliminary Inquiry", in Criminal Procedure in Canada (Butterworths: Toronto, 1982)

Criminal Statistics (1982) Influence, Winter 1982/83 120

The Preparation of the Trial Brief and the Planning of Trial Strategy and Tactics (CRIMINAL); ADVOCACY, 1982, De Boo, p.35

The Exclusionary Rule, Volume 16, The Law Society of Upper Canada Gazette (Number 1) 107

Bill S-33; Canada Evidence Act Relating To Criminal Proceedings, Advocates' Society Journal, June 1983, p.14

"Fundamental Justice and the Criminal Law" in Isaac Pitblado Lectures 1983 (Manitoba)

"Perspectives in Criminal Law" by A.N. Doob and E.L. Greenspan, Q.C. Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1985

"Rehabilitation: The Justice Model and the Victim" Justice Beyond Orwell by E.L. Greenspan, eds. R.S. Abella and M.L. Rothman. Montreal: Les Editions Yvon Blais, 1985

"Opening to the Jury for the Defence in a Criminal Case: in Advocacy in Court, A Tribute to Arthur Maloney, Q.C. (Canada Law Book: Toronto, 1986)

The Future Role of Defence Counsel (1986-87) 51 Sask. Law. Rev.

GREENSPAN: The Case for the Defence by E.L. Greenspan, Q.C. and George Jonas (Macmillan of Canada: Toronto, 1987)

"The Royal Commission: History, Powers and Functions, and the Role of Counsel" in Administrative Tribunals, a Practice Handbook for Legal Counsel (Canada Law Book: Aurora, 1989)

The Quality of Life and the Practice of Law, The Law Society of Upper Canada Gazette Volume XXVI, Number 1, March 1992, page 86

God's Ideal is Justice, The Law Society of Upper Canada Gazette, Volume XXVII, Number 1, March 1993, page 48

Freedom of Expression in Canada: “Ifs, Buts & Whereases”, The Law Society of Upper Canada Gazette, Volume XXIX, Number 3/4, September/December 1995, page 212

“As Prime Minister, I Would...”, Volume Three, 1997-98 (Macmillan Canada)

Discipline and Parole, by Edward Greenspan, Andrew Matheson and Ronald Davis, Queen’s Quarterly 105/1 (Spring 1998)



LAWYER PROFILES
Edward L. Greenspan, Q.C., LL.D., D.C.L.
Todd B. White, B.A., LL.B.
Julianna A. Greenspan, B.A., J.D
Vanessa V. Christie, B.A., LL.B.
John J. Navarrete, B.A., LL.B
David N. Tice, B.A., LL.B.

 
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