The 2027 edition of Best Lawyers® in Canada recognizes the talent of Cain Lamarre’s teams:
- 31 professionals are listed in The Best Lawyers® in Canada, including two who also received the Lawyer of the Year recognition;
- 15 are recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™
Awarded following a peer-review process, these distinctions highlight firm members at different stages of their careers and across many areas of law.
Here are our honourees:
Lawyer of the Year
Among the recognized professionals, the Lawyer of the Year distinction is awarded to those who received the highest overall peer evaluation in a given practice area and geographic region.
- Sylvain Chabot – Workers' Compensation Law (Québec)
- Robert Pidgeon – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Québec)
The Best Lawyers® in Canada
This distinction recognizes established lawyers who stand out for the quality of their practice. Honourees are selected by their peers through a rigorous process based on the evaluation of their professional skills, integrity, and reputation.
- Benoît Amyot – Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Practice (Saguenay)
- Geneviève Barsalou - Entertainment Law (Montréal)
- Joël Beaudoin – Immigration Law (Montréal)
- Richard Bergeron – Construction Law (Saguenay)
- Robert E. Boyd – Labor and Employment Law (Montréal)
- Louis Carrière – Construction Law, Insurance Law (Québec)
- Sylvain Chabot – Labor and employment law, Workers’ Compensation Law (Québec)
- Denis Cloutier – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Montréal)
- Claude Côté – Labor and Employment Law (Québec)
- Caroline Desbiens – Aviation Law, Mergers and acquisitions Law (Québec)
- Kurt Doyle – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Québec)
- Normand Drolet – Labour and Employment Law (Québec)
- Mark Fortier – Corporate Law (Québec)
- Jean Houle – Administrative and Public Law, Labour and Employment Law, Workers’ Compensation Law (Québec)
- Camille Janvier-Langis – Tax Law (Montréal)
- Karl Jessop – Labour and Employment Law (Québec)
- Stéphane Lalande – Real Estate Law (Montréal)
- Stéphane Lamarre – Transportation Law (Montréal)
- Julie Larouche – Advertising and Marketing Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law (Montréal)
- Jacynthe Ledoux – Aboriginal Law (Montréal)
- Alain Ménard – Tax Law (Montréal)
- Jean G. Morency – Corporate Law (Québec)
- François Nantel – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Montréal)
- Marcel Naud – Intellectual Property Law, Privacy and Data Security Law (Montréal)
- Robert Pidgeon – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Québec)
- Mélissa Potvin – Immigration Law (Montréal)
- Pascal Provost – Real Estate Law (Québec)
- Katia Sebastiani – Tax Law (Montréal)
- Joanie Simard – Labour and Employment Law (Québec)
- Louis Ste-Marie – Labour and Employment Law, Workers’ Compensation Law (Québec)
- François G. Tremblay – Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Practice (Saguenay)
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ – Canada
This category shines a spotlight on early-career lawyers who stand out for their achievements and professional paths. Congratulations to our rising stars!
- Hrant Bardakjian – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Montréal)
- Bianka Beaulieu – Real Estate Law (Montréal)
- Laurence Bélanger – Construction Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Québec City)
- Anthony Boilard – Labour and Employment Law (Québec)
- Pierre-Olivier Bouvier-Leblanc – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Montréal)
- Andréanne Daoust – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Montréal)
- Laurence Gaudreault – Municipal Law (Saguenay)
- Émilie Huard – Real Estate Law (Montréal)
- Réginal Labonté – Labour and Employment Law (Montréal)
- Olivier Lacoursière – Labour and Employment Law (Rouyn-Noranda)
- Audrey Poirier – Aboriginal and Constitutional Law (Québec City)
- Andréa Provencher – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Montréal)
- Jean-Félix Teasdale – Real Estate Law (Montréal)
- Christopher Therrien-Pérodeau – Corporate and Commercial Litigation (Alma)
- Ariane Trottier – Tax Law (Montréal)