Audrey Gagnon

 Partner
Key practice areas
Professional Liability, Professional Law, Insurance and Reinsurance, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Québec Bar 2007
Québec City
+1 418 650 3072
audrey.gagnon@langlois.ca
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Audrey Gagnon focuses her practice on commercial and civil litigation. She is recognized for her extensive professional and medical liability expertise, and is highly solicited to defend dentists, maxillofacial surgeons, lawyers, accountants and other professionals. She is also often called on to provide legal opinions to help prevent and resolve disputes in these areas.

As a seasoned litigator, Audrey also provides clients with informed and strategic advice on how to plan and conduct proceedings before the civil courts.

For many years, Audrey has been actively involved in her community. She has served as a director for a large number of organizations and associations. She is also heavily involved with the Québec Bar Association, where she has held a number of positions, including vice president and board member.

In November 2023, Audrey was named one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars. This distinction honours Canada's most talented lawyers under 40 and recognizes their contribution to their firm, the legal profession and the community.

  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory:
    • Litigation – Corporate and Commercial, 2020-2024
    • Rising Star, 2023
  • Best Lawyers in Canada:
    • Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2024-2025
    • Professional Malpractice Law, 2025
  • Québec Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Fidéides Gala, Shortlisted in the Women’s Leadership category, 2023
  • Young Bar of Québec City’s Gala des Maîtres, Nominated in the Civil and Commercial Litigation category, 2013
  • Nominated for the Lieutenant Governor’s Award, 2007
  • Honour Roll of Université Laval’s Law Faculty, 2006

Community involvement

  • Lise Watier Foundation, Ambassador of the Croire en elles campaign, since 2023
  • Fonds Accès Justice Québec, Member of the Advisory Committee on Access to Justice and representative of the Québec Bar, since 2023
  • Les Œuvres Jean Lafrance, Member of the Board of Directors, 2016-2019
  • Pro bono Québec, Member of the Board of Directors, 2016-2019
  • Mérici College Foundation, Member of the Board of Directors, 2013-2019
  • Musée de la civilisation, Member of the Board of Directors, 2009-2017

Memberships

  • Québec Bar:
    • Member of the Applications Committee, since 2023
    • Chair of the Human Resources Committee, 2021-2023
    • Member of the Board of Directors, 2019-2023
    • Vice-President, 2020-2021
    • Member of the Electoral Committee, 2014-2016
    • Member of the Board of Directors – General Council, 2014-2015
  • Bar of Québec City:
    • President of the Committee on Services to the Public, 2015-2018
    • Member of the Board of Directors, 2013-2015
  • Canadian Bar Association, Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Executive Committee, 2015-2019
  • Young Bar of Québec City:
    • President, 2014-2015
    • Member of the Board of Directors, 2010-2015
  • Young Chamber of Commerce of Québec City, Member of the Public Affairs Committee, 2009-2011

Teaching engagements

  • Québec Bar School:
    • Teacher of the course La théorie de la cause et rédaction, since 2023
    • Supervision of the Legal Clinic
  • Author: “La responsabilité des intervenants du milieu de la santé dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19” [The Responsibility of Healthcare Stakeholders in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic], April 30, 2020.
  • Author: “Développement immobilier (petit ou grand) – votre inscription au registre des lobbyistes, voyez-y!” [Real Estate Development (Large or Small) – Don’t Forget to Register in the Registry of Lobbyists!], Espace Québec, vol. 23, no. 1, August 1, 2017.
  • Author: “La résiliation du contrat de service ou d’entreprise” [Termination of a Service Contract or Contract of Enterprise], Premières en affaires, December 20, 2013.
  • Co-speaker: La réalité d’une poursuite judiciaire : Seriez-vous un témoin modèle? [The Reality of a Prosecution: Would You Be a Model Witness?], as part of the Journées dentaires internationales : Repoussez vos limites, Montréal, May 27, 2024.
  • Co-speaker: Les enjeux déontologiques reliés à un litige médiatisé [Ethical Issues of a High-Profile Dispute], Barreau de Québec, Québec City, April 4, 2024.
  • Panelist: Bonnes pratiques pour assurer un déroulement efficace de l’instance [Best Practices to Ensure Smooth Proceedings], as part of the Colloque de la Cour supérieure, in collaboration with the Barreau de Québec, Québec City, April 13, 2023.
  • Co-speaker: Le controversé statut du tiers mis en cause par acte d’intervention forcée et l’indispensable analyse de la solidarité [The Controversial Status of the Third Party Impleaded by Forced Intervention and the Essential Solidarity Analysis], webinar, October 27, 2023.
  • Co-speaker: Les litiges à l’ère du tribunal de l’opinion publique [Litigation in the Age of the Court of Public Opinion], webinar, May 10, 2023.
  • Co-speaker: L’expertise sous le nouveau code de procédure civile [Expertise Under the New Code of Civil Procedure], Québec City, October 25, 2016.

Certified Mediator, Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ), 2015

LL.B., Université Laval, 2006

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