Acknowledgments

• Author: Ari Kaplan, Mitch Frazer
• Pages: 35-38

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The authors would like to acknowledge the following for their contribu-

tions to the second edition of Pension Law.

Ari Kaplan

It goes without saying that a project of this magnitude involves the

effort, assistance, and gratitude of numerous individuals. The f‌irst edi-

tion of this book was originally written between 2002 and 2005 while

I was an associate and later a partner at the law f‌irm of Koskie Minsky

LLP in Toronto. The f‌irm provided its support. I would like to acknowl-

edge the f‌irm and in particular the law yers in the pension and benef‌its

group. Within this group I must single out three individuals: my legal

assistant Sara Starr, on whose sense of organization my law practice

relies; my colleague Robyn Matlin, who proofread and edited the f‌irst

edition manuscript; and my l aw partner Mark Zigler, who served as my

mentor at the f‌irm and read an early draft of my manuscript.

The impulse to write this book crystallized during 2001 while I was

completing my LLM in administrative law at Osgoode Hall Law School.

I would like to acknowledge Professor Lorne Sossin of the University

of Toronto Faculty of Law, who coordinated that program and who

encouraged me to expand the scope of my thesis paper into a book

manuscript. I would also like to thank Madam Justice Eileen Gillese

of the Ontario Court of Appeal, who gave me similar words of encour-

agement and who put me in touch with the f‌irst-rate publishing team

at Irwin Law. Jeff Miller and Alisa Posesorski from Irwin Law earn a