Background

Danielle Ferron is a partner at our Montréal office and a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Group, as well as the Fraud and Anti-Piracy, Intellectual Property Litigation, Class Actions, Banking Litigation and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice Groups.

Ms. Ferron was admitted to the Québec Bar in 1993 and is a graduate of the Université de Montréal Law School.

Co-authored a book entitled "L'Injonction et les ordonnances Anton Piller, Mareva et Norwich" with partners Mathieu Piché-Messier and the Honourable Lawrence A. Poitras, former Chief Justice of the Superior Court,

Areas of Practice

• Ms. Ferron's expertise in civil and commercial litigation matters is varied. Her practice focuses principally on:
  • Complex commercial litigation;
  • Fraud, anti-piracy, embezzlement and intellectual property litigation;
  • Injunctions, seizures and other urgent and extraordinary remedies, including Anton Piller (civil search and Mareva) Orders;
  • Banking Litigation;
  • Class Actions.
• She has also some expertise in insolvency and restructuring, insurance law, technology law and construction law.

Professional Experience

• Ms. Ferron has:
  • pleaded before all courts of law in Québec and some administrative tribunals;
  • represented several high tech companies, telecommunication companies, banks, bankruptcy trustees, receivers and interim receivers, secured and ordinary creditors, insurance companies, companies of every size, individuals, parties involved in construction matters, during trials, injunctions, seizures, class actions, hypothecary recourses, proposals and bankruptcies;
  • designed and executed anti-piracy enforcement strategies for satellite television providers including various Anton Piller Orders;
  • served as an "officer of the court" as Independent Supervising Solicitor in connection with various Anton Piller Orders;
  • participated as a speaker to the Annual divisional assembly of the judges of the Superior Court on Anton Piller Orders;
  • served as counsel in cases involving multi-million dollar fraud schemes;
  • developed special expertise in injunctive relief, seizures and other urgent matters;
  • developed extensive experience in dealing with private investigators and police forces, search and recovery of electronic evidence, asset tracing and recovery.

Professional and Community Activities

• Vice-President (since December 2008) and member of the Board of Directors (since 2006) of the Association of Québec Women in Finance (AFFQ)
• Member of the Liaison Committee with the Superior Court, Commercial Chamber (2002 - 2003) (2007 - present)
• Member of the WAMS (Women Against Multiple Sclerosis) Committee, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Quebec Division (2009/2010); Co-President of the Gala Luncheon organized by that Committee in May 2009
• Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), Montréal Section (2004 – present)
• Member of the Canadian Bar Association (1993 – present)
• President (2009/2010) and Member of the Establishment Committee of the Charles Bruneau Primary School (2003 – present)
• Responsible of the collection at BLG of clothing for the Fringues & Cie Boutique of the Montreal YWCA (2007 - present)
• Pro bono counsel for the FullPower Foundation (1996 – present)

Conferences

• Speaker: Quebec Bar Association Congress in Montreal in May 2009 (“L'ordonnance Anton Piller: application de cette arme nucléaire en matière de non-concurrence”)
• Speaker: Association of Quebec Women in Finance Monthly Breakfast Conferences in Montreal in April 2009 (“La fraude: prévention, détection et quelques outils légaux pour la contrer”)
• Speaker: BLG – Labour Law Group Monthly Breakfast Conferences in Montreal in April 2009 (“L'obligation de loyauté, de non-concurrence et l'injonction”)
• Speaker: 2008 Investigative and Forensic Accounting Conference in Niagara Falls in October 2008 (How to conduct an Anton Piller Order: Search and Seizure)
• Speaker: Annual Conference of the Canadian Bar Association – Quebec in Montreal in May 2008 ("Développements récents sur la non-concurrence: L'ordonnance Anton Piller: application de cette ‘arme nucléaire' en matière de non-concurrence")
• Speaker: Accountants Study Group in November 2007 in Montréal (Investigating and responding to employee fraud)
• Speaker: Insight E-discovery conference in October 2007 in Montréal ("Les ordonnances Anton Piller - Derniers développements, conseils et points pratiques provenant de professionnels chevronnés")
• Speaker: 13th Annual Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in June 2007 in Montréal (Investigating and responding to employee fraud)
• Speaker: Annual Conference of the Canadian Bar Association – Quebec, section: Insurance and Civil Litigation in March 2007 in Montreal ("L'ordonnance Anton Piller – l'arme ultime de la procédure civile")
• Speaker: Annual Conference of the Investigative and Forensic Accounting Alliance in November 2006 in Toronto on Anton Piller Orders
• Speaker: Québec Bailiff Association in June 2006 on Anton Piller Orders
• Speaker: Québec Bar Association Congress in May 2006 on Anton Piller Orders
• Speaker: 6th Annual Symposium on Copyright in April 2006
• Speaker: Association of Quebec Women in Finance, Monthly Breakfast Conference, on Anton Piller Orders and other civil recourses against fraud in November 2005
• Speaker: Junior Bar Association of Montréal conference on Anton Piller Orders in November 2005
• Speaker: Divisional Assembly of the judges of the Superior Court of Québec, Bromont, 2005, on L'ordonnance Anton Piller et la saisie avant jugement impliquant en particulier des données informatiques
• Also speaker: Annual conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (L'Ordonnance Anton Piller, l'arme nucléaire de la procédure civile), Congrès du Regroupement des jeunes gens d'affaires du Québec (Shareholders' Agreement and Litigation); Canadian Association of Legal Assistants (CALA) ((1) Introduction to Bankruptcy and insolvency ; (2) Anton Piller Orders )

Publications

• Danielle FERRON, Mathieu PICHÉ-MESSIER, Lawrence E. POITRAS, L'injonction et les ordonnances Anton Piller, Mareva et Norwich, Montréal, Lexis Nexis 2009, 325 pages
• Rebuilding Success: Catching Defrauders in the Act (Fall 2009)
• Premières en affaires: Fraudeurs, gare à vous! Les injonctions au secours des victimes de fraude (Fall 2009)
• Premières en affaires: La gestion des matières résiduelles et l'environnement : un virage important pour le Québec (Spring 2009)
• LesAffaires.com: Les recours collectifs au Québec; une question de santé? (February 2009)
• Premières en affaires: Les recours collectifs au Québec; une question de santé? (Winter 2008-2009)
• Premières en affaires: Faciliter l'accès à la justice : une mission pour les avocats (Autumn 2008)
• Premières en affaires: La sécurité: une vocation (Summer 2008)
• Premières en affaires: L'art du recrutement dans les cabinets d'avocats (Spring 2008)
• Premières en affaires: La lutte au piratage: l'histoire d'un succès (Winter 2007-2008)
• L'Ordonnance Anton Piller: Nature, exécution, application particulière en matière de saisies de données informatiques, Québec Bar Review (December 2005)
• LesAffaires.com: Les 10 moments clés pour avoir un bon avocat (August 15, 2005)
• LesAffaires.com: Les transferts électroniques de fonds et la fraude (November 26, 2004)