Me Maryse Lapointe
Lawyer | Founder
Maryse specializes in litigation, civil law and human law. She is particularly interested in abuse cases, elder rights and everything related to human rights. She started in a boutique firm in Montreal before devoting all her energies to founding a practice in her image. Both tenacious and attentive, she is recognized for her professionalism and great empathy.
Maryse puts her talent and skills at the service of several causes that are close to her heart. She is currently president of the board of directors of the organization Face aux vents, which promotes mental health through the outdoors. Among other things, she was appointed administrator and president of the ethics and governance committee for the Société québécoise pour la handicap scientifique (SQDI). She was also involved as a volunteer lawyer in several legal clinics in Montreal. Moreover, from the fall of 2023, she will continue in this vein, as a supervising lawyer for the Legal Clinic of the École du Barreau, where she will supervise future lawyers.
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Maryse is the winner of the lawyer of the year 2024 in civil and commercial litigation, awarded by the Young Bar of Montreal, during the "Leaders of Tomorrow" Gala.
She holds a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Quebec in Montreal and among the honors awarded to her is the Prix du Barreau du Québec in the legal clinical category for 2013-2014.
Languages spoken: French, English