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46 M A Y 2 0 1 8 w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m Greenspan Partners LLP, Toronto greenspanpartners.com Henein Hutchison LLP, Toronto hhllp.ca Greenspan Partners LLP specializes in criminal, regulatory and administrative defence matters. Founded by the late Edward Greenspan, widely recognized as one of the great criminal defence lawyers, Greenspan Partners carries on the values and principles of a complete defence. The firm is led by Julianna Greenspan, a trial and appellate advocate with more than two decades of practice exclusively in criminal defence in both Canada and the United States. Brad Greenshields, who has practised criminal law for more than a decade and has appeared in all levels of the Ontario courts and at the Supreme Court of Canada, and bilingual counsel Danielle Burke join Greenspan to represent their clients using the complete defence philosophy. The firm's criminal defence practice includes extradition matters and trans-border criminal investigations and litigation, tax and securities matters and professional disciplinary matters before many administrative tribunals. The 14-lawyer firm offers a range of services built around its experience and expertise in regulatory, criminal and civil litigation. Associates are a mix of former Supreme Court of Canada and Court of Appeal law clerks. The senior partners, Marie Henein and Scott Hutchison, are both members of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. Among the firm's past and present clients are TELUS Communications Co., former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant and Jian Ghomeshi. The firm is plaintiffs' counsel in class actions related to bail delays and the Doe v. Harvey Weinstein case. The firm is frequently consulted by in-house counsel to provide advice on internal corporate mat- ters including conducting internal investigations and works with other firms on complex cases. The firm also advises large corporations, government entities and professional firms on domestic and foreign corruption issues, FINTRAC compliance, OSC matters and a range of other regulatory compliance questions and strategic issues. I TOP 10 CRIMINAL BOUTIQUES Peck and Company, Vancouver peckandcompany.ca Ruby Shiller & Enenajor, Toronto rubyshiller.com Peck and Company was founded in 1992. Lawyers at the firm focus on defending individuals who are under inves- tigation or who have been charged with criminal offences. The firm has grown to be one of the largest criminal liti- gation firms in Canada and has developed the resources and expertise to address any criminal law issue, including commercial crime, driving charges, workplace fatalities, assault, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, extradi- tions, appeals and constitutional litigation. Founding partner Richard Peck has acted as counsel in many sig- nificant Canadian criminal cases and has appeared at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Partner Jeff Campbell is a two-time bencher with the Law Society of B.C. and one of the founding members of the Criminal Defence Advocacy Society in B.C. Partner Eric Gottardi was recently named one of Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada in the fields of human rights, advocacy and criminal law. Ruby Shiller & Enenajor Barristers was founded in 2009 by veteran criminal defence and civil rights lawyer Clayton Ruby and civil litigator Brian Shiller. In 2017, former New York litigator and criminal defence lawyer Annamaria Enenajor joined the partnership. The firm focuses on helping disadvantaged groups from being dis- criminated against in the justice system. The firm mainly practises criminal defence and regulatory law, represent- ing individuals charged with homicide, sexual assault, drug offences and offences covered by the Provincial Offences Act. Recently, the firm served gay rights activist Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes and Toronto activist and journalist Desmond Cole. They also represent clients in civil cases, including defamation and state liability. Ruby has argued some of the country's leading criminal law and Charter cases and was honoured for his contribution to law and justice by the Law Society of Ontario with an honor- ary LL.D. in 2006 and made a member of the Order of Canada. Brian Shiller is a civil litigator with experience in defamation, police liability and animal welfare. Enenajor is a former clerk to Chief Justice Richard Wagner of the Supreme Court of Canada and is a leading voice for state accountability and justice reform in Canada.

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