Catherine
Bergeron

Hotline: 581 543-2656

Me Catherine Bergeron holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the Université de Montréal, and has been practicing in the Saguenay office since her call to the Bar in 2014. Her practice focuses on labor and employment law, where she advises and represents employers in matters of labor relations and occupational health and safety. She advises employers on disciplinary and administrative measures, labour standards, the drafting of employment contracts and policies, and the interpretation and application of collective agreements. She is accredited by the Barreau du Québec as a lawyer-investigator conducting investigations into psychological harassment in the workplace.
Her practice extends to personal and family law, where she represents and advises individuals in disputes relating to their separation, the division of their patrimonial rights, child custody and support payments. She also handles adoption and inheritance cases, in particular disputes between heirs, successors and liquidators.
Me Bergeron is actively involved in various non-profit organizations whose members are from the community, such as the ÉcolACTion private elementary school and the Association Panda, which helps people living with attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD). She also completed a community internship with the Centre des femmes de Rivière-des-Prairies and was a member of the board of directors of the Jeune Barreau du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

Assistant: Mélissa Bussières

Expertise

• Personal and family law (adoption, common-law spouses, filiation, child custody and access, mandate in case of incapacity, support payments, protection plans, separation and divorce, estates, wills)
• Labor and employment law

Education

• LL.B., Université de Montréal (2013)

Professional experience

• Cain Lamarre, Saguenay (2014 to present)
• Legal Aid Office, Université de Montréal, Montreal
• Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Alberta, Edmonto
• Centre des femmes de Rivière-des-Prairies, Montreal

Lecturing, conferences, publications

• “La responsabilité des municipalités en matière environnementale : jusqu’où va cette responsabilité en matière d’évacuation et de traitement des eaux usées?” an article in Scribe review (2015)
• “Ordonnance ou injonction : l’importance de la distinction,” an article in Québec Municipal review (2015)
• Speaker on various topics, including wills and mandates in case of incapacity, consumer rights, harassment, and citizen rights

Associations, committees, boards

• Member, board of directors, Jeune chambre de commerce du Saguenay
• Member, board of directors, École Apostolique de Chicoutimi