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ALLAN J. GOLD B.A., B.C.L.

   Attorney, author & retirement counsellor
· Attorney for over 30 years; practice areas: corporate-commercial, civil/elder law, litigation, etc.
· Graduate of McGill University, one of North America's leading universities
· Board member at the Julius Richardson Hospital Foundation, Montreal, Quebec
· Board member at the QUEBEC ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT LEARNING (QAAL)
· Passionate on the subject of life of those 45 and better
· Author of Elder Law in Canada*, the ground breaking 2,500+ page professional text, acquired by law libraries, Bar Associations, law Schools.
· Author of Estate Document Professor*, (Part of the www.45pluslifehandbook,com series: Its purpose is to guide those 40 something through some of the minefields that a person must pass through on the journey of life.), informing Canadians everywhere 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
· Speaker currently on the “45+ Today & Tomorrow*/Retiring Successfully* Seminar Tour presented by 45+ Learning Institute* in conjunction with retirementnewstoday.com
· 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* (also member of the Editorial Board) Visit www.canadiannationallawreview.ca
· Featured in 2008 as regards Elder Law in Canada ELIC* 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”