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Peter Glowacki

Peter Glowacki practises primarily in the areas of wills, trusts and estates law, including all aspects of estate planning, administration and litigation. In addition, he is actively involved in charity and not-for-profit law and also corporate and commercial matters, including business acquisitions and financing, and commercial real estate transactions.

Education

University of Manitoba, LL.B., 1991

Call to the Bar

Manitoba, 1992

Representative Cases/Transactions

Peter acts as counsel to The Winnipeg Foundation, the oldest and second largest community foundation in Canada.

Peter has represented both beneficiaries and executors and trustees in all aspects of litigation pertaining to the administration of estates and trusts

Achievements

TEP designation from Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (2000)

Publications and Presentations

In February 2009 Peter presented to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners at the Fairmont Hotel. The presentation was titled So you've been asked to be an Executor: What you don't know can hurt you . A copy of this presentation can be downloaded from the TDS Resource Centre.

Articles published in the national publication Lawyers Weekly

Frequent presentations to the MBA Wills and Estates Section, including at the 2006 and 2007 MBA Mid-winter conferences

Presented at the public education initiative "Will Week - Estate Planning for Your Future"

Presented at Kaizen 2007, the CAGP Manitoba gift planning conference

Peter has made numerous presentations in the areas of estate and trust planning and administration to the public, charitable organizations and professional groups

Legal Teachings

Peter has taught in the Wills and Estates segment of the Bar Admission Course for the Law Society of Manitoba

Peter has presented to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba

Professional Associations

Member of the Canadian Bar Association, including Wills and Estates and Charity and Not-for-Profit Sections

Elected council member of the Manitoba Bar Association

Secretary of the CBA National Charity and Not-for-Profit Section

Past-chair of the MBA Wills and Estates Section

Member of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners

Member of organizing Committee for “Will Week - Estate Planning for Your Future”

Appointed to the Estates Fee Subcommittee of the Statutory Rules Committee

Co-Chair of the Wills and Estates Law Section of the Manitoba Bar Association.

On the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Branch of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) Canada.

Community Involvement and Other Affiliations

Chair of the Lawyers section for the United Way of Winnipeg campaign
Member of the Queen’s Bench Tariff Review Committee

Past President of the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Deafblind and Rubella Association and the Association’s National Board of Directors