About the Authors

AuthorAri Kaplan/Mitch Frazer
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ari Kaplan is principal of Kaplan Law, Canada’s f‌irst law f‌irm special-
izing in pensions and benef‌its dispute resolution. He authored the f‌irst
edition ofPension Law, which won the 2007 Walter Owen Book Prize
for outstanding new contribution to Canadian legal literature. He is
Canada’s f‌irst Quali f‌ied Mediator with expertise in p ension and benef‌its
law. He is a past assistant professor at Western University; past adjunct
professor at the University of Toronto; past appointee of the Attorney
General to the Board of Trustees of the L aw Foundation of Ontario; and
past chair of the Ontario Bar Association, Pension & Benef‌its Section.
He is a member of the Law Society of Ont ario, ADR Institute of Canada
and a founding member of the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of
Ontario. He practices mindfulness meditation and teaches these skills
to lawyers and others. BA (Hons), McGill (1994); LLB, Osgoode (1997),
LLM, Osgoode (2001); QMed, ADRIC (2015).
Mitch Frazer is a partner and the cha ir of the pensions and employment
practice at Torys LLP and the chancellor of Ontar io Tech University. His
law practice focuses on all a spects of pension, benef‌its, and employment.
He is the founder of the National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson Univer-
sity, a former adjunct professor at both the Universit y of Toronto Faculty
of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School, and a published author. Mitch is
also chair of t he TFS Foundation Board of Directors, the immed iate past
chair of Ryerson University’s Board of Gover nors, the immediate past chai r
of the North York General Foundation Board of Governors, and a former

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