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Geoffroy Guilbault

Lawyer

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Law Practice

Geoffroy Guilbault is a member of our litigation department. He specializes and represents plaintiffs in medical malpractice and hospital liability proceedings.

Geoffroy, a student pilot, also specializes in aviation law, and represents insurers of defendants involved in different operational stages in the aviation industry.

He also represents a multinational in claims dealing with bodily injuries. When possible, he deals with claims involving bodily injuries upon request.

Finally, he practices in the field of securities law, representing certain brokerage firms.

Education

  • Bachelor of Law (LL.B), Université de Montréal (1987)
  • Bachelor of Political Science (B.Sc.), Université de Montréal (1984)

Call to the Bar

1988

Languages

  • French
  • English

Membership

  • Quebec Bar
  • Canadian Bar Association

Additional relevant information

  • Observing member of the Bioethical Committee of the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital of Montreal (January 1989 to May 1989)
  • Young Bar Association of Montreal – Member of the Board of Directors of the YBAM for two years (1991-1993)
  • Co-author of the “Guide des petites créances” prepared in collaboration with the Young Bar Association of Montreal and the ministère de la Justice of Quebec
  • The Bar of Montreal, Member of the Public Liaison Committee for three years (1991-1994)
  • Invited speaker, discussion panels, Association des victims d’erreurs médicales
  • Invited speaker, “Medical liability”, Insight Information, September 2003
  • Continuous education, Quebec Bar – Co-organizer of the symposium on evaluating corporeal prejudice (October 2003, September 04, and October 2006)
  • The Bar of Montreal, Liaison Committee with the Superior Court – four-year mandate (2004-2008)
  • Canadian Bar Association, President of the Quebec Branch of the Health Law section since 2009 and Member of the Executive Committtee since 2006
  • Invited speaker, “Structured Settlements – Everything you always wanted to ask…”, Canadian Institute of Actuaries, September 2007
  • Invited speaker, “Tendance en droit de la santé”, Continuing Education, Quebec Bar, April 2008
  • The Bar of Montreal, Eco-Committee (in conjunction with the Young Bar Association of Montreal), 2008-2009
  • Invited speaker, “La gestion d’un procès pour prejudice corporel: le point de vue de l’avocat”, Law Faculty, Université de Laval (Prof. Daniel Gardner), February 2005 and February 2009

  • Éditions Yvons Blais. Co-organizer of the Symposium on the corporeal prejudice (September and October 2009)

Area of practice

  • Litigation

Publications

Articles [+]

    He has contributed several hundred articles to various legal publications, including:
  • Journal du Barreau, Quebec Bar
  • Maîtres, Quebec Bar
  • Justice, ministère de la Justice of Quebec
  • The National, Canadian Bar Association
  • La Presse Juridique, Les Éditions Yvon Blais

Books and collaboration [+]

  • Petit guide des réclamations pour soins passés et futurs dans L'évaluation du préjudice corporel (2003), Service de la formation permanente du Barreau du Québec, 2003, EYB2003DEV366, approx. 29 pages
  • L'indemnité pour incapacité partielle permanente - Citations sur un même thème dans L'évaluation du préjudice corporel (2004), Service de la formation permanente du Barreau du Québec, 2004, EYB2004DEV451, approx. 32 pages
  • Regular Contributor to Droit Civil en Ligne (DCL) since 2004. As a specialised columnist, he has commented many decisions regarding medical malpractice and bodily injury.
  • Les avantages et les inconvénients des transactions à paiements différés ou Comment protéger vos clients du syndrome Lavigueur dans Le préjudice corporel (2006), Service de la formation continue du Barreau du Québec, 2006, EYB2006DEV1212, approx. 25 pages

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