Background
Jones, Craig M. was born on November 11, 1952 in Calgary, Alberta.
Jones, Craig M. was born on November 11, 1952 in Calgary, Alberta.
University of Calgary (Bachelor of Arts, 1974. Master of Arts, 1975). University of Alberta (Bachelor of Laws, 1978).
Admitted to the bar, 1979, Alberta. Instructor: Department of Economics, University of Calgary, 1974-1975. Wills and Estates Course, Law Society of Alberta Bar Admission Course, 1981-1984.
Legal Education Society of Alberta, Banff Refresher Course on Wills, Estates and Elder Law, April 1996.
Lecturer, Estate Planning, University of Calgary, Faculty of Law, 1987. Chairman, Wills and Trusts Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, 1984.
Speaker, Canadian Bar Association, Southern Alberta, Tax Non-Specialist Subsection, January 1996. Author: "The New Attribution Rules," 1986 Prairie Province Tax Conference, Canadian Tax Foundation.
"Inter-Vivos and the 21 Year Deemed Realization Rules," 36th Tax Conference, Canadian Tax Foundation.
"Wills and Estates Practice," 1984. "Some Testamentary Aspects of Shareholder and Partnership Agreements" and "Estate Freezing," 1984. "Taking Instructions from a Testator," 1982 Mid-Winter Meeting of the Alberta Branch, Canadian Bar Association.
"Advising the Agricultural Client," 1982.
"Will Planning for the Farmer," and "Farm Estate Administration Considerations," 1982, Legal Education Society of Alberta. "Tax Consequences of Carrying on Oil and Gas Activities Through Trusts," 1986, 38th Tax Conference, Canadian Tax Foundation.
"Comparative Taxation of Corporations, Trusts and Partnerships," 1988, Insight Educational Services. "Insolvent Employers and their Pension Plans," Canadian Insolvency Association, 1989.
"Pension Plans, Surplus Considerations," Canadian Institute Conference, 1989.
Chairman: Insight Seminars Conference"Pension Plans," 1991. "Tax and Non-Tax Uses and Trusts," Insight Educational Services, 1996. "Family Trusts," Legal Education Society of Alberta, Banff Wills, Estates and Elder Law Refresher Course, 1996.
"Inter vivos Trusts in a Business and Estate Planning Context," Business Vehicles Quarterly, Federated Press, Volume II, Number.
3, 1996; "Estate Freezing and Other Domestic Asset Protection Strategies," Insight Educational Services, 1997. Member: Law Society of Alberta.
Calgary and Canadian Bar Associations. Canadian Tax Foundation.
Estate Planning Counsel of Calgary.
Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Emphasis on estate planning and international asset protection.
Member: Law Society of Alberta. Calgary and Canadian Bar Associations. Canadian Tax Foundation.
Estate Planning Counsel of Calgary.
Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.