Practice Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Health and Social Services
  • Insurance
  • Construction

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction
  • Health and Social Services
  • Insurance
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Mediation and Arbitration
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Special Risk Insurance
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Profile

Partner

Ms. Rochette is a partner in the Litigation and Conflict Resolution group. She practices primarily in the field of professional liability and insurance.

Ms. Rochette holds a master?s degree from the Université de Sherbrooke in health law and has acquired expertise in litigation in this specific area. She also represents clients in life and disability insurance litigation.

As a litigator, Ms. Rochette has acquired extensive experience over the years in representing a wide range of clients, particularly insurers and their individual, corporate or professional insureds, in actions brought against them in the civil courts. She has handled a number of large cases involving various areas of the law: firefighting cases, defamation actions against professionals, construction cases in which the parties include members of different professions, and more. She also defends lawyers against professional liability claims, as counsel for the Barreau du Québec?s professional liability fund, and assists professionals who are the subject of disciplinary investigations or in proceedings before their disciplinary committees.

In addition, Ms. Rochette?s practice extends to the education system, covering cases that involve teachers, administrators or members of management of academic institutions, an example of this being actions brought by post-doctoral students or medical residents concerning their training program.

Ms. Rochette also represents clients in financial services cases involving the liability of representatives in insurance of persons, brokerage firms, and financial institutions.

Ms. Rochette has always maintained close ties with the academic community. She is regularly invited to speak on subjects in her areas of expertise.

Publications
  • Commentaire sur la décision R.N. c. Camiré ? La preuve par experts est-elle toujours utile ? With Julie Savard, Repères, EYB2014REP1588 (September 2014)
  • Commentaire sur la décision St-Arnaud c. L (C.)-Le rôle du juge du procès et l?appréciation de son travail par la Cour d?appel, Repères, EYB (2013)
  • La solidarité des défendeurs en matière de responsabilité médicale et hospitalière : où en sommes-nous ? Julie Savard and Judith Rochette, La Collection Blais, volume 14-2012, pp 129-162 (2013)
  • Commentaire sur la décision Lalonde c. Tessier ? La conduite d?un médecin traitant à nouveau scrutée par le tribunal : consentement, suivi, prescription et solidarité, EYB 2011 REP 1110, Repères (November 2011)
  • L?obligation d?information et de conseil du pharmacien, Co-author of an article published in Bulletin No. 1, November 2008, of the Fonds d?assurance responsabilité professionnelle of the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (FARPOPQ) (2008)
  • L?industrie de l?assurance et le passage à l?an 2000, Assurances, volume 66, No. 4, January 1999, p. 529 (1999)
  • Le phénomène des médecines alternatives au Québec : problèmes et esquisses de solutions, Master?s degree in health law, thesis presented to Jean-Marie Lavoie, Université de Sherbrooke (1990)
Conferences
  • Développements récents en droit universitaire, 9th study day of the Association des secrétaires généraux d?établissements universitaires (ASGEU) at l?École de technologie supérieure, June 9th, 2023
  • Gestion des dossiers d'invalidité par l'assureur et l'employeur : Partie II, in collaboration with Me Brittany Carson, Open Forum, February 6th, 2023
  • Half-day training on basic concepts in personal insurance and review of recent case law, in collaboration with Marie-Nancy Paquet, September 30, 2022
  • Chantiers de construction : principaux enjeux dans le cadre de la défense de réclamations contre les professionnels (A&E) et dynamique d?un chantier d?envergure, in collaboration with François Bélanger and Frédéric Bélanger, August 23rd, 2022.
  • Gestion des dossiers d'invalidité par l'assureur et l'employeur : une réalité conciliable ou irréconciliable ?, in collaboration with Catherine Deslauriers, Open Forum, February 2022
  • Half-day training, Développements récents en droit universitaire, in collaboration with Chloé Fauchon and Anne-Marie Asselin, December 2nd, 2021, Laval University
  • Duty to Defend: Reminder of well-known principles, and new provision, in collaboration with Florence Forest, Frédéric Bélanger and Sophie Gauvin-Sassevile, September 21st, 2021
  • L'invalidité à l'ère du virtuel, comment gérer efficacement un litige, in collaboration with Anne-Marie Asselin, Open Forum, February 2021
  • Impacts de la COVID-19 sur la gestion des dossiers de litige : les attentes de la magistrature et le rôle des avocats pour une justice efficace, in collaboration with Anne-Marie Asselin, Barreau de Québec, February 17th, 2021
  • Journée de formation pour les médiateurs : Développements juridiques récents en matière de médiation, in collaboration with Véronique Morin and Dre Anne-Marie Marsolais, December 4th, 2020, Laval University
  • Half-day training for judges of the Administrative Tribunal of Québec : Principes en matière de filature, in collaboration with Valérie Belle-Isle, October 23rd, 2020
  • Recent developments in Property and Liability Insurance Caselaw in 2019, in collaboration with Florence Forest, May 2020
  • Les expertises et le nouveau Code de procédure civile : 3 ans plus tard, où en sommes-nous?, in collaboration with Florence Forest, October 2019
  • Le devoir de représentation de l'avocat en droit des assurances : jongler avec les intérêts de deux clients différences, in collaboration avec Florence Forest, October 2019
  • ?Est-ce qu'un syndrome est un diagnostic ??, conference given with Dr Charles Coulombe, Open Forum (October 29-30, 2019)
  • ?Gestion des réclamations en assurance invalidité : Invalidité réelle versus insatisfaction au travail?, conference given with Anouk Alarie, Open Forum (October 23rd, 2019)
  • Revue de la jurisprudence 2016-une année favorable pour les assureurs ?, Presentation given at the ?Gestion des réclamations et litiges en assurance invalidité? (disability insurance claims and litigation management) symposium organized by the Institut canadien à Montréal (2017)
  • L?utilisation des réseaux sociaux dans les dossiers d?invalidité, Presentation given at the ?Gestion des réclamations et litiges en assurance invalidité? symposium organized by the Institut canadien à Montréal (2016)
  • Le nouveau Code de procédure civile : son impact sur votre pratique en assurance invalidité, Presentation given at the ?Gestion des réclamations et litiges en assurance invalidité? symposium organized by the Institut canadien à Montréal (2015)
  • Les stratégies pour faire vos expertises, Presentation given jointly with Dr. Françoise Chagnon at the ?Gestion des réclamations et litiges en assurance invalidité? symposium organized by the Institut canadien à Montréal (2015)
  • Comment aborder une enquête avec un syndic, Presentation given at the ?Droit disciplinaire? symposium organized by the Institut canadien à Montréal (2015)
  • Revue jurisprudentielle 2013 : y a-t-il une lumière au bout du tunnel?, Presentation given at the ?Gestion des réclamations et litiges en assurance invalidité? symposium organized by the Institut canadien à Montréal (2014)
  • Gestion du dossier d?assurance et questions d?accès : à quoi l?assuré a-t-il droit ? Private mini-symposium, Lévis (2013)
  • Leçons à tirer des décisions récentes de nos tribunaux pour la gestion future de vos dossiers d?invalidité : revue jurisprudentielle québécoise 2012, Presentation given at the ?Gestion des réclamations et litiges en assurance invalidité? symposium organized by the Institut canadien à Montréal (2013)
  • La responsabilité et l?indemnisation dans le domaine des services financiers, Jeune Barreau du Québec (2013)
  • La solidarité des défendeurs en matière de responsabilité médicale et hospitalière : où en sommes-nous ?  Presentation given with Me Julie Savard at the symposium on medical liability organized by Les Éditions Yvon Blais in Montréal and Quebec City (2012)
  • Les obligations du pharmacien sous la loupe de la Cour d?appel, Presentation given at the AQPP congress (2011)
  • Lever du rideau sur les ressources non institutionnelles, Symposium organized in partnership with the Association québécoise des établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS). Member of the steering committee (2011)
  • Protection des renseignements personnels : accent sur le droit d?accès, Presentation given at the conference for lawyers organized by the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA), Quebec City (2011)
  • Gestion du dossier d?assurance et questions d?accès : à quoi l?assuré a-t-il droit ?, Presentation given to the Association des femmes d?assurance de Québec (2010)
  • Les comités et conseils professionnels relevant du conseil d?administration d?un établissement (de santé) : un leadership à partager, One-day symposium in Quebec City and Montreal organized in partnership with the Association québécoise des établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS) (2009-2010)
  • Jurisprudence récente en matière d?assurance invalidité, Presentation given at the ?assurance invalidité? symposium organized by the Institut canadien (2009)
  • Les assurances dans le domaine de la construction (2009), Training session given at a luncheon meeting organized by the Association des femmes d?assurance de Québec (AFAQ) (2009)
  • La gestion de l?information en situation de crise : quoi, quand et comment communiquer (2008), One-day symposium in Quebec City and Montreal organized in partnership with the Association québécoise des établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS). Speaker and member of the organizing committee (2008)
  • Soins à domicile et en hébergement : entre légalité et légitimité, One-day symposium given on three occasions in Quebec City and Montreal in partnership with the Association québécoise des établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS). Speaker and member of the organizing committee (2007-2008).
  • Concept « milieu de vie » : comment concilier les demandes des familles ou des usagers et les contraintes des établissements, Half-day mini-symposium in Quebec City and Lévis for managers in the healthcare network (2006)
  • Code de procédure civile, de la mise en demeure au jugement : impact du nouveau CPC, Presentation given to the Association des femmes d?assurance de Québec (AFAQ) (2003)
  • La controverse entourant l?utilisation de la contention, Presentation given at the symposium on seniors? rights organized by the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke (IUGS) (2002)
  • Formation en droit de la santé, Seminar given for nurses in the Lac-Mégantic region (2002)
  • La controverse entourant l?utilisation de la contention, Presentation given at the ?L?état mental et l?inviolabilité de la personne? symposium organized by the Université de Sherbrooke  (2002)
  • Achat d?assurances et gestion municipale, Training day given for the Corporation of the Chartered Municipal Officers of Québec, Hôtel Québec (1999)
  • Urgence Sinistres An 2000 : réflexion sur différents scénarios et questions de couverture d?assurance, Participation as a resource person, Meeting of members of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) (1999)
  • Comment le nouveau Code civil affecte la façon de régler les sinistres, Presentation given at a convention of Groupe Ultima insurance brokers (1999)
  • L?industrie de l?assurance et le Bogue de l?an 2000 : reste-t-il quelque chose à faire ?, Presentation given to the Association des femmes d?assurance de Québec (AFAQ) (1999)
  • Les implications légales du passage à l?an 2000, Presentation given at a symposium organized by the Order of chartered administrators, property sector, Quebec City region (1999)
  • L?industrie de l?assurance et le passage à l?an 2000, Presentation given to the Association des femmes d?assurance de Montréal (AFAM) (1999)
Achievements
  • Ms. Rochette taught the Life and Health Insurance course at McGill University in the spring of 2020
  • Ms. Rochette is a guest facilitator at the Université de Sherbrooke?s training seminar on trial advocacy where she leads and participates in demonstrations (2015-2017)
  • She taught the legal segment of the health law course at the Université de Sherbrooke faculty of nursing from 2001 to 2004
  • She taught the healthcare sector professional law course in the master of health law program at the Université de Sherbrooke in the winter of 2001
  • She taught the civil liability course in the bachelor of laws program at the Université de Sherbrooke in the winter of 2001
  • She designed and taught a health law course for healthcare network managers in the spring and fall of 2000
  • She taught the civil liability insurance course at the Institut d?assurance de dommages in 1999
  • She taught the health law course for the certificate in law at the Université de Montréal in 1997
  • Ms. Rochette taught the insurance and sales course at the Barreau du Québec?s Bar School in 1995
Professional and community activities
  • Member of the board of directors of Violons du Roy since 2013, and Vice-President since 2015
  • Member of the Barreau du Québec?s petitions committee (2010-present)
  • Chair of the board of directors of the Syndicat de la copropriété du Boisé-de-Sillery (2010 to 2016)
  • Member of single expert subcommittee (2007-2008)
  • Member of the Superior Court committee (2005-2008)
  • Member of the Barreau du Québec?s discipline committee (1999-2003)
  • Member of the Association des Femmes d?Assurance de Québec (AFAQ) since 1991, and President from 1995 to 1997

Education

  • LL.M., Université de Sherbrooke, 1990 (Master in Health Law)
  • LL.B., Université Laval, 1988

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction
  • Health and Social Services
  • Insurance
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Mediation and Arbitration
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Special Risk Insurance

Professional Career



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