About the Author - Practitioners Press

Attorney, author & retirement counsellor

Allan Gold BA BCL

Attorney, author, retirement counselor and lecturer
Attorney for 40+ years; practice areas: commercial-corporate, civil/elder law, litigation, etc.
Graduate of MCGILL UNIVERSITY, one of North America’s leading universities
Governor (former) of the FONDATION DU BARREAU DU QUÉBEC
Member of the Consultative Committee on Long-Term Care (former), CENTRE DE SANTE ET DE SERVICES SOCIAUX (CSSS) CAVENDISH/HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES CENTRE CAVENDISH, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Board member at the JULIUS RICHARDSON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Passionate on the subject of life of those 45 and better
Author of the ground breaking (2,500+ page) legal text, Elder Law in Canada* ELIC* (published by Practitioners’ Press Inc.), acquired by legal libraries, Bar Associations, and Law Schools. For testimonials, excerpts etc, or to order, please visit www.practitionerspress.com
Author of Estate Document Professor* EDP* speaking about greater estate preparedness, covering: Last will and testament (will); Power of attorney (POA); Advance medical directive (living will); Trust; Organ donation consent; Estate Inventory and Distribution Survey
Panelist at conference titled, « Soirée d’information et de réflexion VIVRE ET MOURIR DANS LA DIGNITÉ » presented on May 25th 2011 by www.vivredignite.com
Presenter of Memorandum (written & oral) to the « COMMISSION SPÉCIALE SUR LA QUESTION DE MOURIR DANS LA DIGNITÉ », L’ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE – QUÉBEC, February 2011
Speaker at SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF GREATER MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, Dec, 2009;
Speaker at the “Transformation Through Lifelong Learning: a Path to Change” Conference of QUEBEC ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT LEARNING (QAAL) March 2009/ Montreal, Canada – Seminar: “45+ Learning: Why? And why now?*”
Presenter at the CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON ELDER LAW, November 2008/Vancouver, Canada – Paper: “Guardianship, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly*”
Speaker at MOUNT ROYAL SERVICES, November 2008/ Montreal, Canada – Seminar: “Retiring Successfully*”
Interviewed and featured in Mike Boone’s column of the MONTREAL GAZETTE November 2008/Montreal, Canada
Contributor (column: “GOLD’S LEGAL MINUTE*”) to CANADIAN NATIONAL LAW REVIEW*
Featured in 2008 as regards Elder Law in Canada* in “Le Monde Juridique, le Magazine des Juristes du Québec”
Speaker at several workshops for near-retirees of BELL CANADA (organized by the Diane King Group), 2000/Montreal, Canada -Lecture: “Founding and operating a new small business”
Speaker at meeting of PADGETT BUSINESS SERVICES, an international accounting franchise, November 1999/Montreal, Canada -Lecture: “Unanimous Shareholders’ Agreements”