Christine A. Carron, Ad E

Biography

Christine Carron practises primarily in corporate and commercial litigation and in the areas of banking, privacy, product liability, consumer protection and e-commerce. She is Chair of our Privacy and Access to Information Team. She has been involved in a wide range of commercial litigation, including the defence of class actions in the financial services, retail and tobacco industries and represents corporate clients in disputes involving damages for breach of commercial contracts or for latent defects and in shareholder disputes.

Ms. Carron also acts as defence counsel in major class actions. She has represented clients in parliamentary commissions on the adoption and amendment of Quebec's privacy legislation for the private sector and participated in the consultation process for Quebec's legislation on new technologies.

Year of Call

• Quebec Bar 1978

Law School

• B.C.L., McGill University, 1977

EDUCATION

• M.A., McGill University, 1974
• B.A., University of Michigan, 1972

Selected Client Work

• Counselled numerous retailers including Sears, Dell, Household Finance, HBC and Electrolux with respect to contracts and the validity of provisions relating to advertising, credit, disclosure, discounts offered, etc.
• Successfully defended a credit card issuer in one of the few Quebec class actions to proceed on the merits

Speaking Engagements

• Guest speaker of The Canadian Institute
• McGill University
• Canadian Bar Association
• Insight at conferences on banking, insolvency, letters of credit, confidentiality and privacy matters and electronic commerce

Rankings and Recognitions

• Best Lawyers in Canada - Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2008
• Best Lawyers in Canada - Class Action Litigation, 2008
• Leader in the field of Dispute Resolution (Quebec) in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers 2007
• Lexpert American Lawyer Guide leading lawyer in Class Action Litigation
• Top 25 Women Lawyers by Lexpert Canada
• Magazine Entreprendre "Les 101 Femmes entrepreneurs"
• Quebec Bar: "Advocatus Emeritus"
• The Canadian Legal Directory Lexpert, 2007
• National Post l'a classée parmi les meilleurs avocats montréalais en litiges commerciaux touchant les sociétés, en droit bancaire et en recours collectifs.

Memberships and Activities

• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Canadian Bar Association
• Liaison Committee - Court of Appeal
• Participant supreme court Advocacy institute
• Deliberations Committee of the Bar of Montreal
• Former member of the Bar of Montreal Council
• Former treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Canadian institute for the Administration of Justice