Office Managing Counsel (Montreal Office)

• Aug 2022 - Present

• Plaintiff counsel on behalf of insurers in cases involving subrogation, construction, product liability, property losses and transportation;• Involved in litigation matters in most Canadian Provinces: New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia;• Manage on average 50-70 files with a team consisting of junior lawyers, law clerks, paralegals, an articling student and administrative staff;• Advise insurance companies on how to resolve issues through litigation, on insurance coverage matters and on other various business issues; and• Draft pleadings, status reports, opinions letters, attend examinations for discovery, mediations, pre-trial conferences, etc.

Member

• Mar 2019 - Present

Associate

• Aug 2016 - Mar 2019

Associate

• 2011 - 2016

• Plaintiff and Defence Counsel on behalf of shippers, carriers, freight forwarders, shipping lines and insurers in transportation cases;• Draft pleadings, status reports, opinions letters, attend examinations for discovery, mediations, pre-trial conferences, trials, appeals, etc.; and• Advise insurance companies and other stakeholders of the transportation industry on how to resolve issues through litigation, on insurance coverage matters and on other various business issues. • Plaintiff and Defence Counsel on behalf of shippers, carriers, freight forwarders, shipping lines and insurers in transportation cases;• Draft pleadings, status reports, opinions letters, attend examinations for discovery, mediations, pre-trial conferences, trials, appeals, etc.; and• Advise insurance companies and other stakeholders of the transportation industry on how to resolve issues through litigation, on insurance coverage matters and on other various business issues.

Articling Student / Summer Student

• 2009 - 2010

• Appeared before various Courts in Quebec on all kind of motions;• Draft court materials and legal opinion on various legal matters;• Involvement in several injunction procedures (provisory, interlocutory); and• Draft and review of commercial contracts and shareholder agreements. • Appeared before various Courts in Quebec on all kind of motions;• Draft court materials and legal opinion on various legal matters;• Involvement in several injunction procedures (provisory, interlocutory); and• Draft and review of commercial contracts and shareholder agreements.

Compliance Agent (MBA Internship)

• 2007 - 2007

• Review of several statutes and regulations regarding securities; • Policies and procedures development in order to comply with the securities legislation applying to portfolio managers and advisors; • Compliance projects development; and • Corporate governance and internal control monitoring. • Review of several statutes and regulations regarding securities; • Policies and procedures development in order to comply with the securities legislation applying to portfolio managers and advisors; • Compliance projects development; and • Corporate governance and internal control monitoring.