Marie is a Toronto-based civil litigator and criminal defence lawyer. She is a partner of Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP, a law firm in Toronto.

She was born in Cairo, Egypt, to a Lebanese father and an Egyptian mother. Her grandmother was Palestinian. 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.

Marie attended Osgoode Hall Law School, in Toronto and was called to the bar in 1992. She is widely recognized as one of the most prominent litigators in Canada, with extensive experience as lead counsel on high-profile criminal, civil, and regulatory cases. In addition to her broad criminal law practice, her experience includes acting as lead counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in class actions and in respect of major civil and commercial disputes. Marie has argued at all levels of court, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.

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