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Universite d'Ottawa, LL. L.,
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LlGNE DIRECTE
514-397-4157
ADMISSION
AU BARREAU
Quebec, 1968
COURRIEL
[email protected]
Biographie
Gerald R. Tremblay est un associe du groupe de litige a notre bureau de Montreal.
La pratique de MeTremblay est axee principalement sur Ie droit civil, Ie droit des societes, Ie droit commercial
et Ie droit de I'environnement, ainsi que sur les litiges en matiere de recours collectif, de droit constitutionnel et
de droit administratif.
MeTremblay a plaide d'importantes causes en Iibelle diffamatoire. II a plaide devant les tribunaux d'arbitrage
dans des causes de droit du travail et de droit commercial et a agi comme conseiller aupres de tribunaux
d'arbitrage international. II a aussi agi a titre de president de tribunaux d'arbitrage en matiere de differends
commerciaux.
MeTremblay est un ancien membre de I'Association canadienne de taxe fonciere, Inc. ainsi que de la Ligue de
securite du Quebec. II a ete president de I'lnstitut national canadien pour les aveugles (INCA) - Division du
Quebec, pour la campagne de levee de fonds 2003 et a ete pendant longtemps membre de son conseil
d'administration. Ile~t membre de I'Union Internationale des Avocats, fellow de I'American College of Trial
Lawyers et membre du Conseil consultatif de I'lnstitut du Canada au Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington
D.C.). II a ete premier president du Comite permanent de lutte ala toxicomanie (gouvernement du Quebec)
cree a la suite du rapport du Cornite Bertrand dont il etait egalement membre. II a ete, pendant de nombreuses
annees, deleque du gouvernement du Canada a la Conference sur l'Uniforrnite du droit et membre du Cornite
consultatif sur I'assistance juridique a I'Europe centrale et a l'Europe de l'Est. De plus, au Barreau de Montreal,
MeTremblay a ete president du cornite « Administration de la justice civile» et president du Comite de liaison
avec la Cour d'appel du Quebec. II a ete president du sous-cornite du Cornite sur la deontoloqie sur les conflits
d'interets (Barreau du Quebec). II a ete nomrne representant du Barreau du Quebec au sein du Comite
national de la Federation des professions juridiques du Canada sur les conflits d'interets. II a en outre participe
a plusieurs activites du Barreau et de la magistrature.
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MeTremblay a par ailleurs publie des articles et donne des conferences sur divers sujets dent I'outrage au
tribunal, les recours collectifs, les recours des actionnaires opprirnes, la responsabllite civile des conseillers
juridiques, les tribunaux et les medias.
MeTremblay figure dans Ie repertoire Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (edition 2005) a titre de
chef de file dans les domaines des recours collectifs, du litige commercial des entreprises, du litige en valeurs
rnobilieres ainsi que dans Ie domaine de la responsabilite des dirigeants et des administrateurs. II occupe une
place importante dans Ie repertoire Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, un guide complet des principaux
cabinets d'avocats et avocats au Canada, OU il figure a titre de chef de file dans les domaines du litige recours collectifs, droit commercial et des socletes, droit public et valeurs rnobilieres - et de la responsabilite
professionnelle. Dans la derniere edition du repertoire Best Lawyers in Canada, il est inscrit a titre de chef de
file dans les domaines suivants : droit administratif et public, litige en recours collectifs, litige en droit
commercial et en droit des societes, responsabilite des dirigeants et des administrateurs, litige en valeurs
rnobilieres et, finalement, droit de la diffamation et des medias. II figure egalement parmi les meilleurs plaideurs
du monde dans I.e2005 Guide to the War/d's Leading Litigation Lawyers du Legal Media Group. II est inscrit
dans l'edition 2005 de la publication PLC Which Lawyer, dans Ie domaine du reqlernent des differends.
MeTremblay figure dans les editions 2005 et 2006 du repertoire American Lawyers Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada, publie par Lexpert, a titre d'avocat chef de file dans les domaines des recours collectifs, du
Iitige commercial des entreprises, du litige en valeurs rnobilieres et de la responsabilite des dirigeants et des
administrateurs. En octobre 2005, son nom figurait sur la liste des « Top 100 Canada-US Litigators » publiee
dans Ie Financial Post et il a ete nornrne avocat de l'annee en litige « survie de I'entreprise a risque» a
Montreal dans l'edltion 2011 de la revue Best Lawyers in Canada.
Me Tremblay a recu un baccalaureat es arts de l'Universlte Laval (Quebec) en 1964 et a obtenu un certificat
d'etudes econorniques et sa licence en droit de la Faculte de droit de l'Universite d'Ottawa en 1967. II a ete
admis au Barreau du Quebec en 1968. En 1969, il a obtenu un dipl6me d'etudes superieures en droit public de
l'Universite d'Ottawa. II a ete secretaire juridique a la Cour supreme du Canada de 1967 a 1969. II a ete
nornrne conseil de la reine en decernbre 1987, est devenu membre de l'Ordre du Canada en decernbre 2003 et
Officier de l'Ordre national du Quebec en juin 2005, a recu Ie titre d'avocat ernerite en mai 2010, est
presentement vice-president de la Federation des ordre professionnels de juristes du Canada ainsi que
President de la Commission "Avenir de l'avocat" de I'Union Internationale des Avocats .
MeTremblay a ete Batonnier du Quebec de 2008
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E-MAIL
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Biography
Gerald R. Tremblay is a partner in our Litigation Group in Montreal.
Mr. Tremblay's practice focuses primarily on the areas of civil, corporate, commercial and environmental law,
as well as class actions, constitutional and administrative law litigation.
Mr. Tremblay has handled important libel cases. He has acted before arbitration panels in labour and
commercial matters and as counsel before international arbitration tribunals. He has also served as president
on arbitration panels dealing with commercial disputes.
Mr. Tremblay is a past member of the Canadian Property Tax Agents Association Inc. and of the Quebec
Safety League. He was president of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) - Quebec Division, for
the 2003 Capital Campaign and was a member of its board of directors for many years. He is a member of the
Union /nternationa/e des Avocats, Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and member of the
advisory board of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington D.C.). He is past president
of the Comite permanent de lutte a /a toxicomanie (gouvernement du Quebec), which was created following the
report prepared by the Comit« Bertrand of which he was also a member. For many years, he was a federal
delegate to the Uniform Law Conference of Canada and member of the advisory committee on legal assistance
to Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Tremblay was president of the Committee "Administration of civil justice" of
the Bar of Montreal and president of the liaison committee of the Quebec Court of Appeal. He was president of
the Ethics Committee's sub-committee on conflicts of interest (Bar of Quebec). He was appointed
representative of the Bar of Quebec on the National Committee of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada
on conflicts of interest. He has participated on a regular basis in various activities of the bar and the bench.
Mr. Tremblay has published and given lectures on a variety of subjects including contempt of court, class
actions, shareholders' disputes, solicitors' liability, the courts and the media.
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Mr. Tremblay is profiled in the Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2005 edition, as a leader in the
areas of class action, corporate commercial and securities litigation, and directors' and officers' liability. He is
prominently featured in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, a guide to the leading law firms and practitioners
in Canada, as a leading lawyer in the areas of litigation - class actions, corporate commercial, public law and
securities - and professional liability. In the last edition of Best Lawyers in Canada, he appears as a leading
lawyer in administrative and public law, bet-the-company litigation, class action litigation, corporate and
commercial litigation, defamation and media law, director and officer liability as well as securities law. He also
appears as one of the best litigator in the world in the Legal Media Group's 2005 Guide to the War/d's Leading
Litigation Lawyers. He is profiled in the 2005 PLC: Which Lawyer in the area of dispute resolution.
Mr. Tremblay is listed in the 2005 and 2006 Lexpert American Lawyers Guide to the leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada as a leading lawyer in the areas of class actions, corporate commercial and securities litigation, as well
as directors' and officers' liability. In October 2005, his name was on the "Top 100 Canada-U.S. Litigators" list
published by the Financial Post and he has been named the Best Lawyers' 2011 Montreal Bet-the-Company
Litigator of the Year.
Mr. Tremblay received his BA in 1964 from the Universite Laval (Quebec). He graduated from the Faculty of
Law, University of Ottawa in 1967, receiving his LLL and a certificate in economic studies. He was called to the
Quebec bar in 1968. In 1969, he obtained a post graduate studies diploma in public law from the University of
Ottawa. From 1967 to 1969, he was a law clerk to a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was
appointed Queen's Counsel in December 1987. He became member of the Order of Canada in December
2003, and Officer of the National Order of Quebec in June 2005. In 2010, Mr. Tremblay was awarded the title
advocatus emeritus by the Quebec Bar. He is also vice-president of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada
and President of the Commission "The Future of the Lawyer" of the International Association of Lawyers.
Mr. Tremblay has been appointed President of the Quebec Bar from 2008 to 2009.