William Kaplan

William Kaplan (born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 24, 1957, is a Canadian lawyer and writer.

Biography

William Kaplan is the son of Igor Kaplan and Cara Cherniak. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, where he graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Laws. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1985 with a Master of Arts, and from Stanford University Law School in 1988 with a J.S.D. degree.

He is married to Susan Krever, and their children are Maxwell Bernard, Simon Avery, and Hannah Beth.

Kaplan was a professor at the University of Ottawa Law School from 1989-2001, and also worked during that time in private practice as a mediator and investigator. He is currently in private practice in Toronto. His awards from the Law Society of Upper Canada have included the Law Society Medal in 1999, and an Honourary L.L.D. in 2002.

Writings

Kaplan is best known for his work as a writer and editor, especially for his two books on the Airbus Affair, which involved former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, the controversial German-Canadian lobbyist and businessman Karlheinz Schreiber, and Stevie Cameron, one of Canada's leading investigative journalists. This situation has been of ongoing interest for some 20 years, with developments into the present time. Writing in "The Globe and Mail" in 2003, Kaplan first broke the story of the large cash payments from Schreiber to Mulroney, which had been kept secret for ten years. He has continued to analyze and comment on these topics for that newspaper in late 2007 and early 2008, when both Schreiber and Mulroney appeared before the Canadian House of Commons Ethics Committee, and a public inquiry was called by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, with terms of reference for the public inquiry delivered by special adviser David Lloyd Johnston on January 11, 2008.

* "Everything that Floats: Pat Sullivan, Hal Banks and the Seamen's Unions of Canada", by William Kaplan, Toronto 1987, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0802025978.

* "State and Salvation: The Jehovah's Witnesses & Their Fight for Civil Rights", by William Kaplan, Toronto 1989, University of Toronto Press.

* "Belonging: The Meaning and Future of Canadian Citizenship", edited by William Kaplan, Montreal 1992, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 0773509852.

* "Law, Policy, and International Justice", edited by William Kaplan and Donald McRae, Montreal 1993, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 0773511148.

* "Presumed Guilty: Brian Mulroney, the Airbus Affair, and the Government of Canada", by William Kaplan, 1998, ISBN 077104593X.

* "One More Border: The True Story of One Family's Escape from War-Torn Europe", by William Kaplan, Toronto 1998, Groundwood Books.

* "A Secret Trial: Brian Mulroney, Stevie Cameron, and the Public Trust", by William Kaplan, Montreal 2004, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 0773528466.

External links

* [http://www.williamkaplan.com. William Kaplan's webpage]