Webinar - Live – Estate Planning for People with Disabilities & Their Families with Pooran Law & AIDE Canada

This one-hour webinar is facilitated by Pooran Law and features a live question and answer session at the end. The focus will be an overview of estate planning for people with disabilities and their families. 

Anticipated topics include:

- Wills

- Trusts (including the Henson Trust)

- Legal decision-making (including powers of attorney)

- Estate planning during COVID-19

Presenter: Brendon Pooran

Brendon Pooran has been involved with various disability organizations as a member, volunteer, employee or director for most of his life. He created PooranLaw to provide support to this community and to influence disability law and policy throughout Canada.

Prior to founding PooranLaw, Brendon worked for a large multi-national law firm where he practised labour and employment law and at a boutique law firm that specialized in accessibility issues. Before entering the legal profession, Brendon spent several years as a management consultant where he regularly provided strategic advice to human services clients in the United States.

In addition to practising law, Brendon teaches Critical Disability Law at York University, is the Past-President of Community Living York South and is a founding director of both PLAN Toronto (now Partners for Planning) and Microboards Ontario. He is also a Senior Lawyer Member on the Ontario Consent and Capacity Board.

Community Involvement and Advocacy Work
- Ample policy and law reform work in the areas of income security, legal capacity and accessible, inclusive housing options
- Founding director of Plan Toronto (now Partners for Planning) and Microboards Ontario and Past-President of Community Living York South
- Contributor to various Law Commission of Ontario initiatives relating to the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), legal capacity and the Registered Disability Savings Program (RDSP)

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