Marie Henein

Marie Henein (born 1966) is a Canadian criminal lawyer. She is a partner of Henein Hutchison LLP, a law firm in Toronto.

Henein was born in Cairo, Egypt, to Lebanese Maronite parents. Her father, Joseph Henein, worked at a pharmacy. After briefly moving to Vancouver, then less than a year later to Lebanon, the family finally settled in Toronto when Marie was four years old. She attended St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School.

Henein attended Osgoode Hall Law School, where she graduated with an LL.B. degree. After graduating, Henein articled under noted criminal defence lawyer Edward Greenspan. Henein was called to the bar in 1992. She then attended Columbia Law School, and received her LL.M. in 1991.

She was later rehired at Edward Greenspan's firm after working with his partner, Marc Rosenberg. She eventually was named a partner of the firm in 1998. In 2002, Henein left to open Henein and Associates. The firm later was renamed as Henein Hutchinson LLP after former crown attorney Scott Hutchison joined the firm as a named partner. After Hutchinson joined, Henein hired an advertising agency whose campaign for the firm included a "photo shoot that might have been orchestrated by Vanity Fair" and "some critics sniff that it smacks of an ad for an HBO legal series".

Henein has developed a reputation in Toronto as one of the most "respected and feared criminal lawyers in the country." The National Post called her the "most high profile criminal defence lawyer in the country." In 2011, Canadian Lawyer magazine named her one of the "Top 25 Most Influential" saying she was "one of the most sought-after criminal lawyers in the country" and "a key go-to lawyer for high-profile accused in Toronto."

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