Background
SOLURSH, JOHN was born on November 9, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario.
SOLURSH, JOHN was born on November 9, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario.
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (Bachelor of Laws, Gold Medalist, 1968).
Worked at Blake, Cassels & Graydon (Toronto, Ontario) specializing in Aviation, Business, Commodity Tax and Trade, Communications, Competition, Constitutional, Creditors" Rights and Insolvency, Environmental, Estates and Trusts, Financial Services, Health, Insurance, Intellectual Property and Technology, International, Labour and Employment, Litigation, Marketing and Advertising, Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mining, Municipal Planning, Oil and Gas, Pension and Employee Benefits, Real Estate, Securities and Taxation, Trial and Appellate Work. Admitted to the bar, 1970, Ontario. Former Managing Partner and Chairman of the Firm"s Executive Committee.
Author: various papers on Estate Planning and related Income Tax topics from 1970 to present for the Canadian Bar Association (College of Business Administration), American Bar Association (American Bar Association), Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), Michigan, Wisconsin and Mexican Bar Associations and other groups.
Various papers on pension surplus or pension plan administration and taxation issues including papers presented to the College of Business Administration. College of Business Administration National Continuing Legal Education Programme.
Association of Canadian Pension Management. Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances 8th World Congress on Insurance Law. International Bar Association (International Business Alliance).
International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA).
Osgoode Law School of Continuing Legal Education. And at various other conferences.
Various papers on Issues relating to Pension Plan Wind-ups and Business Sales presented to College of Business Administration (Ontario). LSUC Continuing Legal Education Programme.
College of Business Administration National; International Business Alliance; American Bar Association.
ACPM. Issues relating to Deferred Compensation and Retirement Arrangements including papers presented to College of Business Administration (Ontario). CTF; Issues relating to Stock Compensation Plans presented to United Kingdom Association of Pension Lawyers Conference.
IPEBLA; International Business Alliance and other conferences.
Paper on: "The Relationship Between Private Pension Plans and Corporate Take-Overs in Canada," International Conference on Pensions (05-89). "Tax-Assisted Retirement Savings," CTF, 1991 Corporate Management Tax Conference (06-91). Editor-in-Chief of Federational Press 1992 Pension Symposium.
General Editor, Pension of "Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement" (1993-1994).
Chairman: Insight Seminar on "Estate Planning for the 1990"s" (1991-1996). LSUC Programme on "Pensions: Significant Issues and Developments" (01-90).
Chair of Governance Session of the seminar on "The Investment of Public Sector Pension Funds," held by the Government appointed "Ontario Task Force" (05-87). Editor and Chief, IPEBLA Newsletter (1994-1997).
Participant: various briefs of the College of Business Administration (Ontario) to the Ontario Government on the Pension Benefits Acting of Ontario.
Company-Reporter for Canada at the International Fiscal Association"s (CFA) XXVII Congress in Venice, Italy on Tax Avoidance/Tax Evasion, 1983. Former Instructor, Estate Planning Section and Income Tax Section, LSUC Bar Admission Course. Former Member, Participant-time Faculty, Osgoode Hall Law School, Estate Planning Course.
Member: College of Business Administration-CICA Joint Committee on Ontario Tax Legislation, 1976-1977.
Legal Advisory Committee, Pension Commission of Ontario (1991-1997). Member: CBAO (Chairman, Pension and Benefits Section, 1991-1993).
CBAO (Company-Chair, Gender Issues Committee, 1993-1996). College of Business Administration (Member, Committee on Ethics and Professional Issues, 1993-1994).
American Bar Association.
International Business Alliance. IFA; IPEBLA (Member, Steering Committee, 1993-1994). ACPM.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon is one of Canada"s leading national law firms, with over 350 lawyers, serving its national and international clients through five offices across Canada and in Europe.
Member, Participant-time Faculty, Osgoode Hall Law School, Estate Planning Course. Member: College of Business Administration-CICA Joint Committee on Ontario Tax Legislation, 1976-1977. Legal Advisory Committee, Pension Commission of Ontario (1991-1997).
Member: CBAO (Chairman, Pension and Benefits Section, 1991-1993).
CBAO (Company-Chair, Gender Issues Committee, 1993-1996). College of Business Administration (Member, Committee on Ethics and Professional Issues, 1993-1994).
American Bar Association. International Business Alliance; IFA; IPEBLA (Member, Steering Committee, 1993-1994).