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  1. Maude St-Georges facilitated Éducaloi workshops on the law and the judicial system

    On October 11 and 12, 2017, Maude St-Georges, a lawyer in the Litigation and Conflict Resolution Group facilitated Éducaloi workshops held in the Secondary IV classes at the comprehensive high school of Polyvalente La Samare. Entitled Choisis ton camp! (Choose Your Side!), these workshops were meant to introduce young people to the law and to deconstruct certain persistent myths and preconceived notions about the law and the judicial system. Éducaloi affords high schools the opportunity of hosting a legal professional free of charge as part of introductory workshops on justice.

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  2. Lavery welcomes three new lawyers!

    Lavery is proud to announce that Jessica Akué (Taxation, 2015), Maude St-Georges (Litigation, 2015) et Sibylle Ferreira (Financing, 2015) have recently joined the firm. Jessica Akué worked as a tax specialist in a prominent tax audit firm in France. She has a Masters in Business Law and another in Corporate Taxation. Maude St-Georges has a Bachelor in Civil Law from Université de Montréal and took part in a summer program at the China University of Political Science and Law. She is currently finishing her Comparative Law Master’s thesis at McGill University. Sibylle Ferreira has a Licentiate of Laws from the University of Geneva and practised as a lawyer in Geneva, primarily in civil litigation and family law, before moving to Quebec to complete a Master of Laws at McGill University. “The addition of these lawyers shows Lavery’s willingness to attract young talent who will reinforce our practice groups and the firm’s commitment to hiring young lawyers who were previously articling students with the firm," said Don McCarty, the firm’s Managing Partner. The year of call to the Quebec Bar appears in parentheses. Jessica Akué Maude St-Georges Sibylle Ferreira

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