Joanie Proteau

• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Real Estate Law
• Product Liability and Consumer Protection
• Construction and Infrastructure Law
• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Appellate Advocacy
• Professional Liability

• Insurance
• Construction and Infrastructure
• Real Estate
• Professional Services

• Successfully represented various types of professionals sued for liability while they carried out their contract.
• Successfully represented contractors and professionals in construction and real estate litigation.
• Represents insurance companies in matters related to coverage.
• Regularly acts in litigation matters involving personal injury.
• Frequently acts in litigation matters involving major disasters.
• Frequently acts in litigation matters involving conventional or legal warranties.

Professional associations

• Québec Bar:
  • Member of the Civil Procedure Committee, 2018-2019
  • Member of the General Council, 2012-2013
• Bar of Québec City:
  • Member of the Board of Directors, 2010-2013
  • Member of the Liaison Committee with the Superior Court, 2015-2018 (and also in the past as part of her involvement with the Young Bar of Québec City)
• Young Bar of Québec City:
  • President, 2012-2013
  • Member of the Board of Directors, 2009-2015

Memberships

• Montréal Association of Insurance Women, Member, since 2021
• Québec City Association of Insurance Women, Member, since 2010
• The Advocates’ Society, Member, since 2021

Teaching engagements

• Québec Bar School, Teacher (civil procedure, civil evidence, liability), since 2014

Social and community involvement

• Université Laval, Member of the Disciplinary Committee (external member), since 2015
• Québec City Crisis Centre, Member of the Board of Directors, since 2018
• Québec City Dragon-Boat Club:
  • President, 2018-2023
  • Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, 2015-2018
• Association des coureurs en canot à glace du Québec (Ice Canoe Association), Member of the Race Committee, 2019-2023

• Co-author: “Chronique – Circonstances entourant le rejet du rapport d’expertise au stade préliminaire : tendances jurisprudentielles sept ans après la refonte du Code de procédure civile” [Column: Circumstances surrounding the rejection of an expert report at the preliminary stage: case law trends seven years after the reform of the Code of Civil Procedure], Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, August 2023, EYB2023REP3668.
• Co-author: “Commentaire sur la décision Excavations Payette ltée c. Ville de Montréal – Les principes réitérés en matière de rejet d'expertise au stade préliminaire” [Case comment on Excavations Payette ltée v. Ville de Montréal – The principles reiterated regarding the rejection of expertise at the preliminary stage], Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, December 2022, EYB2022REP3561.
• Co-Author: “Action collective dans le domaine de l’assurance en 2021” [Class action in the insurance sector in 2021], Bulletin de l’Association des Femmes d’assurance de Montréal (AFAM), March 2022.
• Co-author: “Commentaire sur la décision Downey c. Boys – Les vices cachés et la responsabilité professionnelle du courtier immobilier analysés par la Cour supérieure” [Case comment on Downey v. Boys – Hidden defects and the professional liability of a real estate broker analysed by the Superior Court], Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, February 2019, EYB2019REP2692.
• Co-author: “Commentaire sur la décision Federal Construction inc. c. Congregation Kol Yaacov – Signification et lieu public consacré au culte : interprétation et réflexions" [Case comment on Federal Construction Inc. v. Congregation Kol Yaacov: service of proceedings in a public space dedicated to religious worship], Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, June 2017, EYB2017REP2244.
• Co-author: “La requête de type Wellington; où en sommes-nous?” [The Wellington motion: Where do we stand?], Développements récents en droit des assurances (2016), Éditions Yvon Blais, January 2017.
• Author: “Legal Industry Reform”, January 25, 2016.
• Coauteure: “L’avant-projet de loi sur la réforme du Code de procédure civile” [The draft bill to reform the Code of Civil Procedure], submission presented by the Young Bar of Québec City to the Legislative Assembly of Québec, December 2011.

• Co-speaker: L’abus de procédure et la gestion des litiges, survol des principes de procédure applicables et de leur implication en matière de gestion des instances [Abuse of procedure and litigation management: an overview of applicable procedural principles and their implications for case management], as part of a workshop morning in insurance law, Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, October 24, 2023.
• Co-speaker: Changements récents à la procédure civile – pour améliorer l’efficacité et l’accessibilité de la justice [Recent changes to civil procedure – improving the efficiency and accessibility of justice], Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, September 2023.
• Co-speaker: La demande de type Wellington : quoi de neuf depuis 2020? [The Wellington motion: What’s new since 2020?], as part of a workshop morning in insurance law, Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, October 4, 2022.
• Trainer: Techniques de négociation [Negotiation techniques], as part of the Congrès du Jeune Barreau de Québec, May 20, 2022.
• Co-speaker: La responsabilité du professionnel : connaître les enjeux [Issues of interest concerning professional liability], Langlois Knowledge, webinar, February 25, 2021.
• Speaker: Le protocole de l’instance et les pouvoirs de gestion en première instance [The case protocol and case-management powers at first instance], Langlois Knowledge, 2015.
• Speaker: Le nouveau code de procédure civile : la gestion de l’instance et la résolution de conflit [The New Code of Civil Procedure: Case Management and Dispute Resolution], 2014.

• Interviewed: “Comment concilier travail et famille en grand cabinet” [How to balance work and family in a large firm], Droit-inc, article by Camille Dufétel, December 2, 2022.

LL.B., Civil Law, International Profile, Université Laval, 2007