Lawrence Greenspon is an Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

-based lawyer who is the defense lawyer in the Momin Khawaja

Momin Khawaja

Mohammad Momin Khawaja is a Canadian found guilty of involvement in a plot to plant fertilizer bombs in the United Kingdom; while working as a software engineer under contract to the Foreign Affairs department in 2004 became the first person charged and found guilty under the Canadian...

 terrorist trial.

Greenspon was born and raised in Montreal and became a civil libertarian before commencing his legal work.

Greenspon is a high profile defence lawyer and has defended well known clients like Conrad Black

Conrad Black

Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, OC, KCSG, PC is a Canadian-born member of the British House of Lords, and a historian, columnist and publisher, who was for a time the third largest newspaper magnate in the world. Lord Black controlled Hollinger International, Inc...

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Greenspon is a partner in the Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

 firm Greenspon & Brown, Associates.

He is 54, divorced and has 1 daughter, Maja, 18.