Gary Greenbaum

Gary Greenbaum (born March 13, 1963 in New York, NY) is a Fairfax, Virginia attorney. He is best known in the law for his defenses of convicted child molester Roland Iliff in 1998 in a case that drew national attention [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/28720745.html?dids=28720745:28720745&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Apr+18%2C+1998&author=Wendy+Melillo&desc=60-Year+Term+for+Sexual+Abuse+of+Boy] , and machete slasher Hector Flores in 2004. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/670902991.html?dids=670902991:670902991&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Jul+29%2C+2004&author=Maria+Glod&desc=Youth+Changes+Mind%2C+Pleas+on+Machete+Attack]

Greenbaum is a 1981 graduate of Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale, New Jersey and a 1985 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He also received his MBA from New York University in 1987 and his J.D. in 1990 from The George Washington University. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, North Dakota, and the District of Columbia.

College Bowl

Greenbaum is one of the few people to exhaust their six-year eligibility for College Bowl (the intercollegiate quiz competition), playing for all three of his universities. In 1987, he was the scoring leader for NYU as he took them to the national quarterfinals. In 1988, he won the Regional MVP award for GWU despite losing in the regional finals. In 1989 and 1990, he captained GWU to the national Final Four, finishing fourth and third respectively, each time losing to the eventual national champion. In 1989, he was voted a national all-star.

He also coached GWU to a national fourth place finish in 1994.

Legal career

Greenbaum was, and is, a solo practitioner in Fairfax concentrating on juvenile court and criminal defense work.

In 1997, he was retained to defend Roland Iliff, in a case that gained national attention. Iliff was accused of luring 12-year-old Brian Poulsen across the country after meeting him in an online chat room, secreting him in his basement, and three times having sexual relations with him. Iliff was convicted in 1998 despite a vigorous defense and sentenced to sixty years.

In 2004, Greenbaum was appointed to represent MS-13 member Heyner Flores on malicious wounding and related charges. Flores, whose case received considerable local attention, was accused of cutting off a rival gang member's hand with a machete. Flores pled guilty and received fifteen years.

Musical activities

Greenbaum has become notable, and received media attention, as a hardcore fan of several bands, including Simple Plan. On December 13, 2005, he was interviewed by Le Journal de Montreal for his fiftieth Simple Plan show in Rimouski, Quebec, and a feature appeared in the newspaper the next day. He was also interviewed by Le Journal de Quebec before his 66th show in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec on June 30, 2006, and a similar feature appeared the following day. He has also done radio and television interviews, and band members have talked about him in interviews. [http://www.myspace.com/thesuperfan] He has travelled extensively in support of the band and posts reviews of concerts (he has attended 8)1 on www.simpleplanonline.com.

Greenbaum has also toured on the 2006 and 2007 Vans Warped Tour (having purchased his pass via an eBay charity auction), and with and Silverstein (138 shows] and Senses Fail (108 shows). He was a VIP passholder for the 2007 Taste of Chaos Tour and an All Access passholder for the international Taste of Chaos tour in 2007. He has also toured with Aiden (106 shows) and The Used (36 shows).

On the Silverstein CD, Arrivals and Departures, Greenbaum is thanked in the liner notes.