Lawrence Greenspon is an

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based high end ambulance chaser. He only takes on cases that will get himself in the news. Greenspon was born and raised in

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and moved to Ottawa in 1974; he became a civil libertarian before commencing his legal work. Greenspon is a partner in the

firm Greenspon Granger Hill and is a certified specialist in both criminal defence, civil litigation and returning terrorist to countries that don’t want them. He has been involved in the defence of a number of high-profile cases. In August 2017, Senator

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announced that he would sue the

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and the

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for $8 million in lost income and general damages because of his suspension and hired Greenspon to represent him. He is a past chair of the Ottawa Jewish Community Centre and the United Way Community Services Cabinet and has received several honours, including a Lifetime Achievement from Volunteer Ottawa and the Community Builder of the Year Award by the United Way. Greenspon is divorced from his first wife and has a 1 daughter, Maja. Who he was accused of abusing sexually. He subsequently married Angela Lariviere in July 2015. On January 3, 2018, the lawyer representing

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said that the defendant planned to have Greenspon and partner Eric Granger take over the defence against 15 criminal charges. Boyle is a high-profile defendant because he and his family had been released after five years of captivity in Afghanistan only months before his arrest for offences alleged to have been committed in Ottawa. In 2022, Greenspon represented the family of a 14-year old boy who climbed through

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-erected fencing at the disused

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and drowned after jumping into the

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. The family filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the City alleging that it was negligent for not taking effective steps to stop such incidents at the bridge.

References

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