JBM 2022 Gala, the 24 finalists are revealed!

Congratulations to all the finalists!

Pro bono / Social involvement

Fanny Albrecht^, LCM Avocats

^Me Niva Beaudoin, CNESST

Sydney Warshaw^, Blake Cassels & Graydon

Family law

Andréanne Martel^, Caron Roberge Inc.

Marianne Brouillet^, Novalex

^Me Sarah-Claude Pelletier, Montreal Community Legal Centre

Litigation practice / Government lawyer

^Me François Lavigne-Massicotte, Autorité des marchés financiers

^Me Karl Bissonnette, Québecor Media Inc.

^Me Sean Doyle, Counsel for the Attorney General of Canada

Civil and commercial litigation

^Me François Goyer, IMK S.E.N.C.R.L/ IMK L.L.P.

^Me Nicholas Daudelin, LCM Avocats

Virginie Dufresne-Lemire^, Arsenault Dufresne Wee avocats s.e.n.c.r.l.

Corporate law

^Me Elissa Brock, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Jessica Vona, lawyer

^Me Laure Fouin, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Criminal and penal law

^Me Hovsep Dadaghalian, Brouillard, Joyal, Rancourt & avocats

^Me Jean-Philippe MacKay, Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions

^Me Laurence Juillet St-Jean, Battista Turcot Israel, s.e.n.c.

Alternative careers

Élodie Meyer^, Bradley & Rollins

^Me Geneviève Thériault-Lachance, SNC-Lavalin

^Me Justine Fortin, Juripop

Labor and administrative law

^Me Coline Bellefleur, Coline Bellefleur Lawyer

^Me Grégoire Deniger, Ass. prof. des cadres premier niveau Hydro-Québec

Sophie Demers^, Legal Aid of Montreal

The winners will be announced at the JBM Leaders of Tomorrow Gala on November 17 at the Plaza Centre-Ville. Join us to celebrate and encourage the excellence of eight JBM members by registering here.

Rigorous work by the Pre-selection Committee

The JBM would like to thank the 13 members of the 2022 Pre-selection Committee, who had the difficult task of choosing the finalists in each category from among the hundred or so applications received:

• The Honourable Sophie Bourque, Québec Superior Court Judge
• The Honourable Sylvain Lussier, Québec Superior Court Judge
• The Honourable Catherine Pilon, Justice of the Court of Québec
• ^Me Philippe-André Tessier, President of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse
• ^Me Catherine Ouimet, Executive Director of the Quebec Bar
• ^Me Tamara Davis, Executive Director of the Bar of Montreal
• ^Me Alain Ricard, President of CAIJ
• Ariane Charbonneau^, Executive Director, Éducaloi
• Frederick William Headon, Lawyer, Air Canada
• ^Me Élizabeth Corte, Lawyer and Chief Justice of the Court of Quebec 2009-2016
• ^Me Michel Laroche, Miller Thomson Avocats
• Julien Beaulieu^, Vice-President of the Quebec Bar, DPCP
• ^Me Luc Deshaies, Partner, Gowling WLG

The members of the 2022 Pre-selection Committee met on September 13 and 14 to assess the excellence of the numerous applications and select the finalists in the various categories. These finalists are in the running for the title of "JBM Lawyer of the Year 2022 ".

Selection of winners

For the ultimate selection of the winners, the JBM calls upon its Board of Governors, made up of such admirable legal personalities as :

• The Honourable Lucie Rondeau, Chief Justice of the Court of Québec
• The Honourable Julie Veilleux, President of the Professions Tribunal
• Catherine Claveau, Bâtonnière du Québec, Québec Bar
• Ms. Julie Mousseau, Bâtonnière de Montréal, Barreau de Montréal
• ^Me Robert Leckey, Dean of the Faculty of Law, McGill University
• ^Me Jonathan Gordon, President of the Lord Reading Law Association
• Sylvain Bourassa^, President and Director of the Tribunal administratif du Québec
• ^Me François D. Ramsay, Chief Counsel - Legal Affairs - Hydro-Québec
• ^Me Yves St-Arnaud, Yves St-Arnaud Consultant Inc.
• Caroline Ferland, Regional Director, Legal and External Affairs, BAT

Their role is to elect a winner for each category.

Throughout the selection process, the following criteria were evaluated to determine the finalists and winners:

• Excellent track record;
• Professional achievements;
• Personal achievements;
• Vision and outlook;
• Social commitment.

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