In today’s highly competitive environment, members of Dunton Rainville stand apart by championing excellence and by making available to clients the most efficient methods and best qualified paralegal, professional and human resources. Through a leading-edge search system and an exceptional library leveraging the latest technologies, they ensure that clients are fully represented and properly counseled based on their needs.
Dunton Rainville serves a wide ranging and high quality clientele in both the public and private sectors, including private and public companies, financial institutions, multinational corporations and small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). The firm also represents many governmental and para-governmental agencies.
Dunton Rainville is constantly growing and today has more than 100 lawyers who are fully committed to the success of their clients.
Many of our former partners have become prominent figures in the judicial system Mr. Justice Gerald Le Dain became the Dean of York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto after leaving Dunton Rainville, and then a Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal before being named a Supreme Court Justice. Mr. Justice Gérald J. Ryan sat as a Judge of the Superior Court for the District of Montréal for more than 25 years. Mr. Jean Girouard sat for many years as a Judge of the Labour Court in Montréal before retiring. Mr. Justice Marc DeWever, Mr. Justice Michel Caron and Mr. Justice Michel Déziel all sit as Judges of the Québec Superior Court. Mr. Justice Jean-Pierre St-Onge became the Speaker of the Québec National Assembly and now presides as a Judge of the Court of Québec. Madam Justice Brigitte Charron and Mr. Justice Jimmy Vallée are currently Judges of the Court of Québec. Madam Justice Sophie Beauchemin sits as a judge at Montreal municipal court. In addition, one of the founders of Dunton Rainville, the Honourable Maurice Riel, was appointed a Senator while he was still active in the firm, which he left in 1975.
Our firm partners with some of the best human resources specialists in Québec. In addition, many of our lawyers are certified human resources or industrial relations advisors.
Through their social and professional involvement, our team members contribute to raising the profile of our firm by writing for specialized publications, by teaching and giving presentations, by participating in the administration of public assets, and by collaborating in the management of non-profit organizations. This involvement allows them to keep you apprised of the major issues related to companies and governments.
Clients and their needs are central to every member of our firm.
