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He also talks about his older sister's nurturing side. While growing up with a six-year age difference, he often felt like he had two mothers. "She was very protective of me growing up. Again, I think there's always been something driving her, and in terms of things like social justice, it's not something that she seemed to pick up, learn, or be inspired by somebody at some point to be that social-justice person. She just always had this perspective, this very deeply rooted sense of right and wrong. Frankly, that's why I think criminal law was so perfect for her." Addario notes she has also made sig- nificant contributions to the profession beyond the courtroom, including her role as vice president of The Advocates' Society. The society's current president Sandra Forbes is a close friend who says the institution will be in good hands when Henein takes over next year. "She oozes confidence. She has very good judgment," says Forbes. "For some of the issues we deal with, they are difficult issues where there may be no particular black or white response. There could be a lot of people who would sit there hemming and hawing and thinking about it. It's great having Marie involved in those discussions, because she'll be very thoughtful and considerate of people's views. But then she'll say very quickly, 'Well, in my view the answer is X, for these reasons.' She's very good at quickly and effectively analyzing an issue and coming up with a solution." Rosenberg credits Henein, along with Toronto Crown lawyer Alison Wheeler, for her role in creating a program that sees top defence counsel represent inmates pro bono at the Ontario Court of Appeal. He says the program has had a very practical impact on the court sys- tem, offering individuals denied legal aid an informed voice at the province's top court. "She saw a weakness in the system that could be fixed," says Rosenberg. "She cares a lot about people, and as much as that she cares about the criminal justice system. She could see that the system could be hugely improved." Looking forward, Henein hopes to contribute on an international level. That ntitled-4 1 might encompass helping developing nations improve their justice systems. "I think if you were to say what my retire- ment years in my mind would look like, it would be doing that sort of work. It would also be doing cases that I find are fascinat- ing and interesting," she says. But as she's only 44, those days are a long way off. While she refuses to rule anything out — including a stint on the bench — Henein is as excited as ever to be the woman with her name on the firm's letterhead. "I still love it. I still am jazzed about it," she says. "If I'm on holiday or I'm having lunch with a colleague or I'm sitting and talking to Eddie [Greenspan] — because we spend two or three hours chatting — it is about law. When I'm reading the paper, I'm reading about cases, because I love it. If I'm watching movies, if they're law movies, I love it. That is who I am." Practice Management LexisNexis® Time Matters ® Case management software that is FLEXIBLE Time Matters® practice management software offers powerful customization and automation features that effectively manage the elements of your workday — calendars, email, cases, clients, contacts, deadlines, communications, research, documents and more. Thousands of legal and business professionals trust award-winning Time Matters software to help them manage day-to-day information and activities. Discover how Time Matters can help your fi rm reach greater levels of productivity and profi tability. For more information, call 1-800-328-2898 or visit www.lexisnexis.ca/timematters. Download and Try Time Matters for FREE* * Download Time Matters free for 30 days. Certain conditions apply. LexisNexis and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under licence. Time Matters is a registered trademark of LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. © 2010 LexisNexis Canada Inc. All rights reserved. www. C ANADiAN law ye rmag.com APRIL 2010 35 3/16/10 3:00:36 PM