Chair: Personal Insolvency As It Affects ..., Ontario Bar Association conference, Toronto, April 2007.
Paper: Canadian Personal Insolvency Reform and Some Interesting Australian Innovations, at the Canadian Insolvency Foundation annual conference in Montréal, Québec, March 2007.
Article: Avoiding Sexually Transmitted Debts, published in 21 Nat'l Creditor Debtor Rev. 49 (January 2007).
Seminar Presentation: Piercing the Corporate Veil and Applying S. 160 of the Income Tax Act, to the staff of Mintz & Partners Inc., November 2006.
Paper: Bankrupt Parties, to the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association 2006 Fall Conference on The Complete Tort Lawyer, October 2006; published in 32 The Advocates' Quarterly 393 (2007).
Seminar Presentation: A Bankruptcy Primer for the Family Law Office, to the lawyers of Legal Aid Ontario, October 2006.
Program Chair: Fighting Fraud Through the Courts, continuing legal education program presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Bar Association, St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, August 2006.
Paper: 2006 Personal Insolvency Roundup: Greatest Hits of 2005, in St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, to the Annual Conference of the Canadian Bar Association, August 2006; in Winnipeg and Toronto, to the Annual Insolvency and Restructuring Forum, Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals, May 2006; published in 21 National Creditor-Debtor Review 13 (June 2006).
Article: Bankruptcy Reform and Family Law: A Plea for Lobbying Assistance, published in 21/6 Money & Family Law 42 (June 2006).
Article: Appeals from Disallowance: The Danger of Filing an Undetailed Proof of Claim, published in 21 National Creditor-Debtor Review 9 (March 2006).
Presentation and Panelist at a joint conference on Bankruptcy Reform of the Ontario Bar Association and the Ontario Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals, February 2006.
Speech on Bankruptcy and Family Law to the Family Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, February 2006.
Paper: Debt and Insolvency on Marriage Breakdown, in Moncton, New Brunswick, to the New Brunswick Bar Association Mid-Winter Meeting, February 2006.
Paper: Bankruptcy for the Matrimonial Court Judge, to a National Judicial Institute Conference on Family Law: Financial and Property Issues, Ottawa, February 2006.
Paper: Bankruptcy and Family Law: A Critique of Recent Decisions, presented to the National Conference of Bankruptcy Registrars, Calgary, Alberta, November 2005.
Article: Bankruptcy/Family Law Statutory Reform, published in The Lawyers Weekly, November 2005.
Testimony: Testimony in Ottawa on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association on the personal insolvency aspects of Bill C-55, the insolvency reform bill, before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, November 2005.
Paper: Non-Provable Claims that Survive Bankruptcy, published in 20 National Creditor-Debtor Review 39 (2005); previously presented to a Law Society of Upper Canada conference on The Six Minute Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyer, March 2005.
Paper: Restructuring the Disintegrating Family Unit at the Pan-Canadian Conference on Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Law, Canadian Bar Association, Québec City, September 2005.
Panelist: Panelist and speaker on Personal Insolvency at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals, Kelowna, B.C., August 2005.
Article: Case Comment on Hudjik, Re, published in 10 Canadian Bankruptcy Reports (5th) 42 (2005)
Lecture: Unsecured Creditors, Ontario Bar Admissions Course, June 2005.
Speech: Ethics and Leadership, Emerging Global Leadership Retreat for High School Students, York University, May 2005.
Paper: Non-Provable Claims that Survive Bankruptcy, to a Law Society of Upper Canada conference on The Six Minute Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyer, March 2005.
Article: Feminization of Poverty in Debtor-Creditor Law, published in 11/2 Voices 7, journal of the Feminist Analysis section of the Ontario Bar Association, and in 20 National Creditor-Debtor Review 1, March 2005.
Paper:: Setting Aside Pre-Separation Transfers, to a Law Society of Upper Canada conference on Family Law for Estate Practitioners, March 2005; published in 20 National Creditor-Debtor Review 20 (2005).
Paper: Selected Issues in Bankruptcy and Family Law, to the Annual Conference of Bankruptcy Registrars, Québec City, November 2004.
Paper: A Bankruptcy Primer for Family Lawyers, to the Ontario Bar Association, Family Law Section, Family Law 101, October 2004.
Presentation: Avoiding Sexually Transmitted Debts, to the Professional Women's Symposium Association, Oakville, October 2004.
Article: Enforcing Judgment against Foreign States in Canada, published in 19 National Creditor-Debtor Review 17 (July 2004).
Workshop: Workshop on Bankruptcy and Family Law for Fontaine & Associates, Trustees in Bankruptcy, Sudbury, June 2004.
Paper: An International Look at Bankruptcy and Family Law, to the Fourth International Bankruptcy Symposium, hosted by Stetson University College of Law, Montréal, June 2004; published in 19 National Creditor-Debtor Review 25 (2004).
Workshop: Presentation of a two-day workshop on The Interplay Between Insolvency and Family Law, to the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, Edmonton, May 2004; Winnipeg, January 2004; Toronto, November 2003.
Presentation:: Sexually Transmitted Debts and Other Feminist Theories on Debt, to the Women's Law Association and the Feminist Analysis section of the Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, April 2004.
Article: Appreciation, Depreciation and Damages in Fraudulent Conveyance Proceedings, published in 19 National Creditor Debtor Review 4 (March 2004).
Presentation: RRSP's and Creditor Protection, to the Advocis 2004 Ontario Congress, March 2004.
Presentation: Bankruptcy and Family Law in British Columbia, to the B.C. Insolvency Discussion Group, Vancouver, February 2004.
Paper: Bankruptcy Reform: 2004, to the Ontario Bar Association, Annual Institute, January 2004.
Article: Myth or Reality: If your ex-spouse fails to pay for debts he/she acquired while you were married, his/her creditors cannot come after you for payment, in Divorce Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2, December 2003.
Paper: Four Questions on Bankruptcy and Family Law to the Law Society of Upper Canada, conference on The Six Minute Family Lawyer, December 2003.
Presentation: Bankruptcy and Family Law: Case Studies, Peel Law Association, Brampton, November 2003 (Part 1), February 2004 (Part 2).
Paper: Family Law Receiverships, Ontario Bar Association, October 2003, Conference on Hide and Seek: Playing the Game to Find, Secure and Enforce Your Client's Equalization Entitlement.
Paper: Dividing the Pension when a Spouse Becomes Bankrupt, Lincoln County Law Association, September 2003; Hamilton Law Association, June 2003.
Paper: Piercing the Corporate Veil, Peel Law Association program on the Six Minute Civil Litigator, Brampton, September 2003.
Submission: Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, proposing amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act in the subject area of bankruptcy and family law (August 2003), published in 18 National Creditor Debtor Review 39 (September 2003).
Article: The Tax Collector's Fraudulent Conveyance Remedy: ITA S. 160, published in 18 National Creditor Debtor Review 24 (June 2003).
Testimony: Testimony in Ottawa before the Canadian Senate, Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, June 2003, regarding personal insolvency reform (discharge of student loans, RRSP exemption, international insolvency, reaffirmation).
Speaking Tour: Improper Pre-Bankruptcy Transactions, May-June 2003, Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals, 2003 Annual Conference (Halifax, Toronto, Montreal)
Paper: Law Society of Upper Canada, Conference on "The Six-Minute Debtor-Creditor Lawyer", April 2003.
Presentation: RRSP's and Creditor Protection, Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, January 2003.
Paper: Creditors vs. The Spouse, Law Society of Upper Canada, December 2002; Canadian Bar Association - Nova Scotia, Halifax, March 2001.
Paper: Greatest Hits: The Top 40 Personal Insolvency Cases of 2001, Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals, Annual Forum, May 2002, published in 17/3 National Creditor Debtor Review 39 (September 2002).
Paper: Protecting the Fractured Family from its Creditors, National Judicial Institute, Toronto, December 2001; Lincoln County Bar Association, Thorold, January 2002; Manitoba Bar Association Mid-Winter Meeting, Winnipeg, February 2002; Ontario Bar Association, May 2002.
Paper: Discussion Paper on International Personal Insolvency, Federal Personal Insolvency Task Force, published in 16/3 National Creditor Debtor Review 41 (September 2001).
Speaking Tour: Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Family Law, May-June 2001, Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association, 2001 Annual Conference (Calgary, Vancouver, Halifax, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montréal); Canadian Bar Association, Family Law Section, May 2001, Vancouver. French version of this paper: Faillite, insolvabilité et droit familial. See an excerpt from Robert Klotz's speech on the subject of the interaction between bankruptcy and family law, given on June 24 2001 in Montreal.
Paper: Constructive Trusts in Insolvency, Ontario Bar Association, Conference on The Magic of Constructive Trusts, April 2001; Canadian Bar Association Annual Conference, Halifax, August 2000.
Journal: First issue of the National Creditor-Debtor Review under Robert Klotz's editorship, March 2001.
Discussion Paper: RRSP Exemption in Bankruptcy, Personal Insolvency Task Force, January 2001; published in 16 National Creditor Debtor Rev. 12 (2001).
Chapter: Ontario Judges' Electronic Benchbook - Bankruptcy Chapter, July 2000.
Article: Collecting the Bill from the Matrimonial Client: The Family Lawyer as Creditor, The Lawyer's Weekly, April 28 2000.
Article: Who Gets the Bankrupt's Pre-Bankruptcy Earnings?, published in 15 Canadian Bankruptcy Reports (4th) 153 (2000).
Article: Who is a Spouse?, March 2000, BI-Lines, CBA National Insolvency Section Publication.
Paper: What's Happening in Bankruptcy/Family Law?, published in 10 Canadian Bankruptcy Reports (4th) 164 (1999); presented to the Canadian Bar Association Annual Institute, January 1999; Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association, October 1998.
Article: When has the Property been Divided?, published in 9 Canadian Bankruptcy Reports 195 (1999)
Chair: Bankruptcy and Insolvency Reform: One Year After, Canadian Bar Association Annual Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, August 1998.
Paper: The Interaction of Matrimonial and Bankruptcy Law in the Contemporary Canadian Environment: Focus on Priorities, Conference on the Contemporary Challenges of Consumer Bankruptcy in a Comparative Context, University of Toronto, August 1998.
Speech: How to Handle Crises in International Law: "I Want my Jet Engines Back", Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, June 1998.
Article: Pitfalls and Pointers in High Debt Cases, 15 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 187 (1998). Presented in Toronto to the National Judicial Institute, February 1998; in Banff to the Legal Education Society of Alberta, April 1997; in Saskatoon at the Midwinter Conference of the Canadian Bar Association - Saskatchewan, February 1997; in Toronto at the Annual Institute of the Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, January 1997; and in Ottawa at the National Conference of the Federation of Law Societies, July 1996. (Robert Klotz)
Testimony: Testimony in Ottawa before the Canadian Senate, Standing Committee on National Finance, regarding the proposed student loan bankruptcy amendment, Bill C-36, June 1998. (Robert Klotz)
Article: Supreme Court of Canada Adds a New Wrinkle, in BDO Limited News, Issue 97-1; and in CBAO Insolvency News, Vol. 13/2, January 1998. (Robert Klotz)
Speech: Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Canada, U.S. conference of industry executives, Cincinatti, Ohio, August 1997; Council of Great Lakes Governors, Toronto, November 1997. (Robert Klotz)
Chair: Practical Problems in Priorities, Insight, November 1997. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Creditors in Family Law Cases, Annual Meeting of the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division), Toronto, October 1997. (Robert Klotz)
Chair: New UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, and Paper: Developments in Cross-Border Insolvencies: A Canadian Perspective, Annual Conference, Union Internationale des Avocats, Philadelphia, September 1997. (Robert Klotz)
Chair: Entangled in Bankruptcy, and Paper: High Tech Insolvencies, Canadian Bar Association Annual Meeting, Ottawa, August 1997. (Robert Klotz)
Observer: Participated as Observer on behalf of the Union Internationale des Avocats at the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law conference on the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, January 1997, New York. (Robert Klotz)
Submission: Testimony in Ottawa before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology on the Submission of the Canadian Bar Association regarding the pending bankruptcy reform legislation, Bill C-5, September, 1996; further testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking and Finance, December 1996. (Robert Klotz)
Speech: Personal Property Security Act vs. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act: The Giffen Case, Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, October 1996. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: International Insolvency Reform Comes to Canada, Canadian Bar Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, August 1996. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Debt in Family Law, Federation of Law Societies National Conference, Ottawa, July 1996. (Robert Klotz)
Chair: Practical Strategies for Debt Collection and Recovery, and Paper: Using the Law to Protect Creditors Rights, Insight and Globe & Mail Conference, Toronto, April 1996. (Robert Klotz)
Speech: How an Amendment Came to Be, Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, Young Lawyers Division, Toronto, March 1996. (Robert Klotz)
Article: New Support Enforcement Remedy When Payor Becomes Bankrupt (1996), 16 R.F.L. (4th) 214. (Robert Klotz)
Booklet: Canadian Law from an International Perspective, presented at the Klotz Associates annual seminar on Canadian Law for Foreign Consuls and Trade Commissioners (by invitation), 1992 - 1996. (Robert Klotz, co-author)
Paper: Unpaid Suppliers and Trade Creditors: No Longer at the Bottom (But Nowhere near the Top), Insight conference on Priorities, November 1995 & February 1993. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Judicial Challenges in Bankruptcy/Family Law, National Judicial Institute, Vancouver, November 1995; Toronto, December 1994. (Robert Klotz)
Paper and Video Presentation: The Canadian Experience in Consumer Bankruptcy Reform, New Zealand Credit & Finance Institute, Conference on Alternatives to Bankruptcy, Auckland, New Zealand, October 1995. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Protective Planning against Business Failure, Law Society of Upper Canada, Conference on Family-Owned Businesses, October 1995; International Bar Association, Committee on Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises, New Orleans, October 1993; Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ottawa and Toronto, 1991. (Robert Klotz)
Speech: Common Pitfalls in Bankruptcy/Family Law, Lincoln County Law Association, June 1995; CBAO Family Law Section, April 1995; Simcoe County Law Association, January 1994. (Robert Klotz)
Lecture Series: Matrimonial Disputes in Bankruptcy Court (or Bankruptcy Bombshell Makes Mess out of Matrimonial Matter), May 1995, cross-Canada speaking tour for the Canadian Insolvency Practitioners Association (Halifax, Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg) (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Update on Unpaid Supplier Protection, CBAO/Ontario Insolvency Practitioners Association Conference on "Priorities in the '90's", May 1995. (Robert Klotz)
Chair: Conference on Cost-Effective Debt Collection and Recovery, Canadian Institute, April 1995; Paper: Debtor- Creditor Law: A Potpourri, in Debt Collection and Recovery (Canadian Institute: Toronto, 1995). (Robert Klotz)
Submission: Limited Provability of Support Arrears, Submission of the Canadian Bar Association to the Honourable Minister John Manley, unanimously approved February 1995, C.B.A. midwinter meeting, Charlottetown, P.E.I. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Proving Foreign Law in Canadian Courts, in 1 Canadian International Lawyer 8 (1995), presented at the International Bar Association, New Orleans, 1993. (Robert Klotz)
Chair: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Meets Insolvency, CBAO, November 1994. (Robert Klotz)
Chair: Professional Bankruptcies and Proposals, CBAO, October 1994 (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Banks vs. Spouses, International Bar Association, Melbourne, Australia, October 1994. (Robert Klotz)
Speech: Canadian Progress Toward Insolvency Reform, Canadian Bar Association Annual Conference, August 1994. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Brief to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Advisory Committee: Limited Provability of Support Arrears, May 1994. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: International Treatment of Reorganizations, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Advisory Committee, Working Group on International Insolvency, April 1994. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Spousal Rights vs. Creditors' Rights to the Matrimonial Home, CBAO Annual Institute, January 1994. (Robert Klotz)
Paper and Lecture: Bankruptcy and Family Law - Problems and Solutions, published in Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures 1993 (Toronto: Carswell, 1994). (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Getting Paid in International Sales Transactions, International Bar Association, Committee on International Sales Transactions, New Orleans, October 1993. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Creditor Proofing, Insight Conference on Buying and Selling a Business, 1993. (Robert Klotz)
Program Chair: Impact of International Conventions in Canadian Courts, Canadian Bar Association Annual Conference, International Section, Qu‚bec City, August 1993. (Robert Klotz)
Editor and Speech: Liquidation Proceedings in Venezuela, Third National Institute on Multinational Commercial Insolvency, American Bar Association, May 1993. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Suppliers' Obligation to Supply in Commercial Reorganizations, April 1993. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Litigating International Insolvencies, Canadian Institute Conference on Insolvency Litigation, March 1993, and Moderator: International Insolvencies, CBAO International Section, 1992. (Robert Klotz)
Article: Creditors versus the Spouse, 7/7 Money and Family Law 49 (1992). (Robert Klotz)
Paper: The Effect of Bankruptcy on Property and Equalization Claims, Law Society of Upper Canada, 1992. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Bankruptcy Issues in Family Law, 14 Advocates' Quarterly 18 (1992). Presented to the Hamilton Bar Association, March 1993; Advocates' Society Annual Conference, Niagara on the Lake, 1992; Canadian Bar Association Annual Institute, Family Law Update, 1992; Canadian Insolvency Association Annual Seminar, Toronto, 1991; and Canadian Bar Association Annual Institute, Emerging Issues in Insolvency Law, 1991. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Protection of Unpaid Suppliers under Canada's New Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, 21 Canadian Business Law Journal 161 (1992). Also in French, La Protection des fournisseurs impay‚s sous le r‚gime de la nouvelle loi Canadienne sur la faillite et l'insolvabilit‚. Presented at a Law Society Conference on "Unsecured Creditors: How to Get Paid", 1992; Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada Information Sessions, Toronto and Hamilton, 1992; International Bar Association, International Sales Committee, Cannes, France, 1992; joint Law Society of Upper Canada and Canadian Bar Association conference on Bankruptcy Reform, 1992. (Robert Klotz)
Chapter Text: Commercial Reorganizations and Debtor's Rights, Bar Admissions Reference Material, Law Society of Upper Canada, 1992. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Direct Effects of EEC Law, 1992. (Robert Klotz)
Conference Chair: Pandora's Box of Insolvency, Canadian Bar Association Annual Institute, 1992. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Public Policy in International Commercial Arbitration, 1992. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: High Tech Insolvencies, International Bar Association, Committee on Computer and Technology Law, Cannes, France, 1992; Canadian Bar Association, 1991; Toronto Computer Lawyers Group, 1991. (Robert Klotz)
Article: Wrestling with Pensions, Bankruptcy and Family Law, 9 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 189 (1992). (Robert Klotz)
Speech: Agents and Distributors in International Trade: Ins, Outs and Angles, Robert Klotz, co-author, Hong Kong Canada Business Association, 1991.
Conference Chair: Partnership Disputes - Tactics and Techniques to Avert Tragedy, and Paper: Third Party Liability Issues on Partnership Breakup, Law Society of Upper Canada, 1991. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Contract and Tort Liability in the International Sale of Goods, International Bar Association, Hong Kong, 1991. (Robert Klotz)
Government Study: Comparative Distribution of Government Housing Responsibilities in Six Industrialized Nations - Constitutional and Legislative Framework, prepared for International Relations Division, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp., co-authored with Clayton Research Associates, 1991. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction in Securities Enforcement, 1991. (Robert Klotz)
Article: Enforcing Judgments against Foreign States, in 2/1 Suing Foreign States 12 (1991). (Robert Klotz)
Article and Speech: Pitfalls of Doing Business Abroad, published in ARIDO, 1991; Hong Kong Canada Business Association, 1990. (Robert Klotz, co-author)
Paper: Enforcement of Foreign Tax Claims, 1990. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Techniques and Developments in International Bankruptcy Cooperation, International Bar Association, New York, 1990. (Robert Klotz)
Paper: Injury Determination in Canadian Dumping Cases: Issues and Inadequacies, 1990. (Robert Klotz)
Article:: Model International Insolvency Cooperation Act, China's Bankruptcy Laws and Proposed Revisions to Canada's Bankruptcy Act, INSOL, Vol. 1/1 (1989). (Robert Klotz, co-author).
Article: Hong Kong Basic Law, Importweek, 86/16, October 1988; excerpted in The International Tax Advisor, Vol 4, June 1989. (Robert Klotz, co-author)
Article: Who is Liable for Company Debts?, Canadian Credit & Financial Journal, Autumn 1989. (Robert Klotz)
Article: Model International Insolvency Cooperation Act, China's Bankruptcy Laws and Proposed Revisions to Canada's Bankruptcy Act, in INSOL, Vol. 1/1 (1989), (Robert Klotz, co-author).
Paper: Legislation Affecting Sale, Agency and Distributorship in Canada (also in Spanish, Legislaci¢n Respecto a Ventas, Mediaci¢n y Distribuci¢n en el Canada), International Bar Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1988. (Robert Klotz)
Article: Canada - U.S. Free Trade, Canadian Credit and Financial Journal, Summer 1988. (Robert Klotz, co-author)
Article: New Ontario Personal Property Security Act, Canadian Credit and Financial Journal, Fall 1988. (Robert Klotz)