Announcements

Marc-Olivier Brouillette, spokesperson for the Montreal Vegan Festival

Nutrition is undoubtedly one of the preoccupations of our time. For environmental or health reasons, consumers are increasingly inquisitive about the contents of their plate. A forerunner in this trend, Marc-Olivier Brouillette is the spokesperson for the Montreal Vegan Festival 2019, which takes place on September 21 and 22 at the Palais des congrès.

The Bar acknowledges three RSS lawyers for their distinguished careers

As part of today’s rentrée judiciaire, the Bar of Montreal will pay tribute to those lawyers celebrating this year their 70th, 60th or 50th anniversaries of being called to the Bar. Three RSS lawyers are among those: Claude-Armand Sheppard, Ad. E., a lawyer for 60 years; Jean E. Clerk, Q.C., a member of the Bar for […]

RSS welcomes Béatrice D’Anjou in its Insurance Law Practice Group

RSS is pleased to announce that Béatrice D’Anjou, who just finished her articling period, is joining our Insurance Law Practice Group as a lawyer. Béatrice holds degrees in law from Laval University and Birmingham University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in public relations, a field in which she worked with private agencies, thus developing […]

Best Lawyers: 26 RSS lawyers now listed

RSS is proud to announce that 26 of its lawyers — nearly a third of the team — are included in the 2020 Canadian edition of the Best Lawyers directory, a major international peer-review-based guide to legal professionals. RSS stands out in the 2020 edition since four members of our team are named Lawyers of the Year […]

Sexual harassment at work: Ted Goloff co-author of an international compilation

The International Lawyers Network announced the release of the latest edition of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know, a compilation of brief descriptions of the rules on sexual harassment at work in some 20 jurisdictions. Theodore Goloff wrote the paper on Quebec legislation. The complete compilation can be downloaded at no […]

RSS present at the Soirée enCirquez-vous

The Soirée enCirquez-Vous, an activity for the benefit of the Montreal Association for the Intellectually Handicapped, took place on Thursday May 2. RSS was pleased to be a Partner of the event. The firm’s involvement mirrored that of Alice Bourgault-Roy, a director and the secretary of the Association, who attended the evening along with Rachel […]

Marc-Olivier Brouillette, first-class communicator… in more than one field

May 6, 2019 — Understandably, the capacity to communicate is part and parcel of a good lawyer’s skills. Marc-Olivier Brouillette frequently demonstrates this ability before the courts. But this former player of the Alouettes, Montréal’s Canadian Football League team, will also be using his eloquence as a game analyst for radio coverage of the team’s games […]

William Dion-Bernard on the Board of the CBA–Quebec

William Dion-Bernard, a notary in our Estates, Wills and Trusts Practice Group, was recently appointed on the Board of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec Branch for a second consecutive mandate. With some 2,200 members, this branch is the Quebec division of the largest professional association for legal advisers in the country.

Three new lawyers joined RSS in February

RSS fought the “February blahs” very aggressively by recruiting three lawyers, who will be joining the firm’s Insurance Law Practice Group: Stéphanie Beauchamp Alice Bourgault-Roy Marc-Olivier Brouillette.

Dominique Poulin appointed a judge of the Superior Court

March 8, 2019 — RSS is proud to announce that Dominique Poulin, a long-time partner in its Insurance Law Practice Group, has been appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec. Charles E. Flam, the firm’s managing partner, comments this appointment:   We can only join Dominique in celebrating this joyous announcement. Over the […]
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