Known to be an active listener with a deep understanding of client needs and interests, Nicolas has been advising and guiding his clients for over 15 years. Drawing on a wide experience in strategic counselling, Nicolas seeks innovative approaches in bringing swift and practical solutions to every dispute.

As a partner in our Litigation Group, Nicolas’ practice focuses on civil litigation, and more specifically on complex technical litigation requiring expert and elaborate evidence weaving. A significant part of his practice is dedicated to health law, acting counsel for physicians with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) in a wide array of civil and disciplinary matters. The human dimension of this practice is in line with his values. He also practices in environmental litigation and has acted in several major cases involving soil and groundwater contamination, as well as in important major nuisance cases.

Nicolas is actively involved in the firm, particularly in the recruitment of lawyers and by acting as a mentor to younger lawyers. He also contributes to the development of the profession, having been elected in 2021 and 2022 to the Board of Directors of the Barreau de Québec. As a member of the board, he is called upon to serve on the Liaison Committee with the Superior Court, the Liaison Committee with the Court of Quebec, Criminal Division, the Comité de promotion et d’utilisation des modes de prevention et de règlement des différends and the Sous-comité de valorisation du personnel administratif dans les milieux juridiques. Nicolas was also the chair of the Board of Directors of the Club de ski Stoneham (2019-2021), a board member of Skibec (2019-2021) and an ambassador of the Canadian Cancer Society (2020, 2021 and 2022) and of the charitable organization Vide ta sacoche (2022).

Speaking engagements

• « Technologies et protection des données: les meilleures pratiques », Strategic Days : Disciplinary Law conference (Open Forum Ouvert) (2021).
• « Les sanctions pour infractions disciplinaires à caractère sexuel à l’ère des mouvements sociaux #MeToo et #TimesUp », Strategic Days : Disciplinary Law conference (Open Forum Ouvert) (2019).
• « Les principes et la législation en accès à l’information et en protection des renseignements personnels » and « L’application du cadre juridique en lien avec la jurisprudence : recevabilité des demandes et restrictions au droit d’accès et au droit de rectification » (Professional training with the Association des professionnels en accès à l’information et en protection de la vie privée (AAPI) (2018).
• « L’expertise en droit disciplinaire : récents développements et conseils pratiques », Strategic Days : Disciplinary Law conference (Open Forum Ouvert) (2018).
• « Présentations aux résidents 1 du programme des fondements chirurgicaux » (responsabilité professionnelle des résidents en chirurgie) – training session at the Université Laval (2015).

Publications

• Levels of Decontamination: Courts Favour the Pragmatic Approach (2013)
• Environmental Class Actions and Claims for Health-related Injuries: Causation and its Pitfalls (2012)
• A Superior Court Judgment Sheds Doubt on the Legal Effect of Notices and the Ultimate Purpose of Class Action Judgments (2012)
• Contaminated Sites: Starting Point of the Prescriptive Period for an Action in Damages (2011)
• Environmental Class Actions: The Importance of the Class Description (2009)
• Neighbourhood annoyances and the duty of Municipal Authorities to enforce their by-laws (2009)
• « Développements sans précédents en 2006-2007 dans le domaine des recours collectifs en matière environnementale », Développements récents en droit de l’environnement (2007), (Unprecedented Developments in 2006-2007 in Environmental Class Actions, Recent Developments in Environmental Law), Professional Development Service of the Quebec Bar.
• « Les recours collectifs et l’environnement : que nous réserve la prochaine décennie? », Développements récents en droit de l'environnement (2006), (Class actions and the Environment: the next decade, Recent Developments in Environmental Law), Professional Development Service of the Québec Bar.
• « La preuve à l’étape de l’autorisation d’un recours collectif : à la recherche de l’équilibre », (Evidence when Authorizing a Class Action: Looking for Balance), La Revue du Barreau, Volume 65, Québec Bar, 2005.

Nicolas received his L.L.B. from Université Laval in 2003 with honours and was called to the Québec Bar in 2005.