Adam Aptowitzer LLB. is a lawyer practicing in the areas of charity and tax law. He is a member of both the bars of Alberta and Ontario and has been speaking and writing on the topic of charity law for several years. He has been published in several publications including the Canadian Taxpayer, Canadian Fundraising & Philanthropy and the Not-for-Profit News, and has been cited as an expert in several national media publications. Among other publications he is the author of a widely circulated paper on the regulation of charities in Canada and a second paper on the operation of businesses by charities both published by the C.D. Howe Institute .

Adam is also a noted speaker and has presented to, amongst others, the C.D. Howe Institute, York University Continuing Legal Education Program. the Legal Education Society of Alberta, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, and the Canadian Bar Association. Adam has given expert opinion testimony at a Parliamentary Roundtable and was an invited witness to the Parliamentary Committee on Finance's hearing on incentives for charitable giving. He has also appeared before the Tax Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal and is an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association's Charity and Not-for-Profit Law section.

Adam was profiled as 'Lawyer of the Week' by the April 8, 2011 edition of the Lawyer's Weekly Newspaper. Click here to read the article.

On February 9, 2012 Adam was an invited witness to the Parliamentary Committee on Finance as they investigated incentives for charitable giving. To hear Adam's opening remarks click here.

B.A. (Economics) - University of Calgary, 1998
B.A. (Political Science) - University of Calgary, 1998
LL.B. - University of Ottawa, 2001
Call to the Bar of Ontario - 2002
Call to the Bar of Alberta - 2010
Life License Qualification Program (Insurance Licensing Exam) - 2007
Canadian Securities Course - 2008

Adam can be reached at: adamapt@drache.ca or to call Adam click here.

Adam can also be reached at any of the following numbers: 

Ottawa:         613.237.3300
Calgary:         403.536.7442
Vancouver:    604.200.0145
Winnipeg:      204.977.6602
Toronto:        416.900.5572