Terrance S. Carter B.A., LL.B., Trade-mark Agent
Terrance Carter, as the Managing Partner of Carters, practices in the area of charity and not-for-
profit law, and has been recognized as a leading expert by Lexpert and The Best Lawyers in
Canada. Mr. Carter is also a registered Trade-mark Agent and acts as legal counsel to the Toronto
office of the national law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP on charitable matters.
Mr. Carter is a member of the Technical Issues Group of CRA's Charities Directorate representing
the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), a member of the Government Relations Committee of the
Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP), a member of the Imagine Canada Technical
Advisory Committee, a past member of Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) Charity Advisory
Committee, and the Uniform Law Conference of Canada Task Force on Uniform Fundraising
Legislation, Chair of the Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section of the CBA and past Chair of the
Charity and Not-for-Profit Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), a past director and
founding member of the Christian Legal Fellowship and was the 2002 recipient of the AMS - John
Hodgson Award of the OBA for charity and not-for-profit law. He is also a member of the
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and the
American Bar Association Tax Exempt Section, and has participated in consultations with the
Public Guardian and Trustee of Ontario, the Charities Directorate of CRA, Finance Canada, and
was a member of the Anti-terrorism Committee and the Air India Inquiry Committee for the CBA.
Mr. Carter has written numerous articles and been a frequent speaker on legal issues involving
charities and not-for-profit organizations for the Law Society of Upper Canada, the CBA, the OBA,
the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, the American Bar Association, the CAGP, the
Canadian Tax Foundation, The Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Canadian Society of
Association Executives, the New York University School of Law, the University of Ottawa Faculty
of Common Law, Ryerson University's Voluntary Sector Management Program, the University of
Waterloo Master of Tax program, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), and
the C.D. Howe Institute. He is a co-editor of Charities Legislation & Commentary, 2007 Edition
(LexisNexis Butterworths), a contributing author to the Primer for Directors of Not-for-Profit
Corporations (Industry Canada), and The Management of Charitable and Not-for-Profit
Organizations in Canada (LexisNexis Butterworths),and co-author of Branding & Trade-Marks
Handbook for Charitable and Not-For-Profit Organizations (LexisNexis Butterworths). Mr. Carter is
also the editor of, and a contributor to, Charity Law Bulletin, and Anti-Terrorism and Charity Law
Alert, and the websites www.charitylaw.ca, www.churchlaw.ca, www.carters.ca, and
www.antiterrorismlaw.ca, as well as Chair of the annual Church & Charity Law™ Seminar.
Practice Areas
Charity and Not-for-Profit Law, Fundraising, Gift Planning, National and International Strategic
Planning, Intellectual Property, and Charity Tax and Trusts
Education
B.A. (Joint Honours), McGill University, 1975
McGill University Scholar, 1975
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1978
Called To The Bar
Ontario Bar, 1980
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