Keynote Speakers

• Frank Bennett,
  Bennett & Company
  
  Publications include Bennett On Bankruptcy now in its 14th edition and Bennett on Receivership
• Robert A. (Bob) Klotz,
  Klotz Associates, Barristers & Solicitors
  
  Author of Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Family Law (2d) and Canadian Bankruptcy Law - A Creditors Perspective
  
• Jeff Lee,
  MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP
• Professor Janis Sarra,
  UBC Faculty of Law
  
  Publications include Houlden & Morawetz Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law in Canada and Rescue! The Companies Creditors Arrangement Act

Speakers

• Justice Robert Dewar,
  Manitoba Court of Queens Bench
• Master Errick Harrison,
  Manitoba Court of Queens Bench
• JJ Burnell,
  Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP
• Donna Collins,
  Keith G Collins Ltd
• Donald Douglas,
  Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
• Blair Filyk,
  Meighen Haddad LLP
• Catherine Howden,
  Pitblado LLP
• David Jackson,
  Taylor McCaffrey LLP
• David Johnson,
  PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada
• David Kroft,
  Fillmore Riley LLP
• John Stewart,
  DArcy & Deacon LLP
  Barristers and Solicitors
• Richard Schwartz,
  Tapper Cuddy LLP
• Bruce Taylor,
  Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP

What they said about past years

"Little to do with my presentation, but the 2009 Pitblado Lectures in Winnipeg have been phenomenal"

- Jordan Furlong

"I found it incredibly stimulating, as well as thought-provoking. That was a stellar line-up of speakers you and your committee put together"

- Karen Sawatzky

"It was a great pleasure to be involved - everyone was so welcoming, the audience was receptive, and I left with nothing but good memories"

- Richard Susskind

"It was an honour to be invited and indeed a pleasure to participate with such a great group of people"

- Karen MacKay

"I enjoyed my trip enormously and am so pleased that I came. I thought that the lectures were very well-organized and was extremely impressed with their content and with the engagement of the audience."

- Dame Hazel Genn

For More Information

Education and Competence
The Law Society of Manitoba
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