Danielle is a co-author, together with Mathieu Piché-Messier and the Honourable Lawrence A. Poitras, former Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Québec, of the legal treatise entitled “L’injonction et les ordonnances Anton Piller, Mareva et Norwich”.

She was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1993 and holds a degree in civil law from Université de Montréal. She is also co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Group.

Associations & Achievements
Since 2008 – Vice President and member (since 2006) of the Board of Directors of the Association of Quebec Women in Finance (AFFQ)

Since 2011 - Member of the Executive Committee of the Women Lawyers Forum of the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Branch

2011 -  Member of the Justicia project of the Québec Bar, for the retention and advancement of women lawyers in private practice

2009 to 2010 - Member of the Legal Fee Arbitration Committee of the Quebec Bar

Since 2009 - Member of the WAMS (Women Against Multiple Sclerosis) Committee, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Quebec Division; Co-Chair of the Gala Luncheon organized by the committee in May 2009

Since 2004 - Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), Montreal Section

2010 to 2011 - Member of the Establishment Committee of Plein Soleil elementary school

2009 to 2010 - Chair, Vice Chair and Member (2003 to 2010) of the Establishment Committee of Charles Bruneau elementary school

2007 to 2010 - Responsible for the collection of clothing for the Fringues & Cie Boutique of the Montreal YWCA

2007 to 2011 - Member of the Liaison Committee with the Superior Court, Commercial Chamber

1996 to 2011 - Pro bono counsel for the KidPower Foundation

Former director of the Young Bar Association of Montréal (head of the Professional Development Committee)


Presentations & Conferences
2010 – “Tools for fighting commercial fraud and industrial piracy: the hybrid remedies of Anton Piller, Mareva and Norwich injunctions”, Canadian Bar Association: Business Law Section, Montréal, and Les Communicateurs du Vogue, Montréal

2010 – “Anton Piller orders”, Syndic du Barreau du Québec, Montréal

2009 – Recent developments re non-compete clauses: “Anton Piller orders: using this ‘nuclear weapon’ in non-compete situations”, Quebec Bar Association Congress, Montréal

2009 – “Fraud: prevention, detection and some legal tools to combat it”, monthly breakfast conference of the Association of Quebec Women in Finance, Montréal

2009 – “The duty of loyalty, non-compete obligations, and injunctions”, monthly breakfast conference of the labour law group of a national law firm, Montréal

2008 – “How to Conduct an Anton Piller Order: Search and Seizure”, Investigative and Forensic Accounting Alliance Conference, Niagara Falls

2008 – Recent developments re non-compete clauses: “Anton Piller orders: using this ‘nuclear weapon’ in non-compete situations”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Bar Association – Quebec Branch, Montréal

2008 – “Investigating and responding to employee fraud”, Accountants Study Group, Montréal

2007 – “Anton Piller orders – Recent developments, and advice and practical tips from experienced professionals”, Insight E-discovery Conference, Montreal

2007 - “Investigating and responding to employee fraud”, 13th Annual Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Montréal

2007 – “Anton Piller orders: the ultimate civil procedure weapon”, Annual Conference of the Canadian Bar Association – Quebec Branch, Insurance and Civil Litigation section, Montréal

2006 – “Anton Piller Orders”, Annual Conference of the Investigative and Forensic Accounting Alliance, Toronto

2006 – “Anton Piller Orders”, Quebec Bailiffs Association

2006 – “Anton Piller Orders”, Quebec Bar Association Congress

2006 – Speaker at the 6th Annual Symposium on Copyright

2005 – “Civil remedies, such as Anton Piller orders, for combating financial fraud”, monthly breakfast conference of the Association of Quebec Women in Finance

2005 – “Anton Piller orders and seizures before judgment, particularly of electronic data”, Divisional Assembly of the judges of the Superior Court of Québec, Bromont

Other speaking engagements: “Anton Piller orders, the nuclear weapon of civil procedure”, Annual Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; “Shareholders' Agreements and Litigation”, Congrès du Regroupement des jeunes gens d'affaires du Québec; (1) “Introduction to Bankruptcy and Insolvency”, and (2) “Anton Piller orders”, Canadian Association of Legal Assistants (CALA)

Publications
2010 – Outils contre la fraude commerciale et la piraterie industrielle : les recours à caractère hybride Anton Piller, Mareva et Norwich [Tools for fighting commercial fraud and industrial piracy: the hybrid remedies of Anton Piller, Mareva and Norwich injunctions], Point de mire (Canadian Bar Association quarterly)

2010 - Achats en ligne : vigilance requise [On-line purchasing – vigilance required], Premières en affaires business magazine

2009 - Prendre le fraudeur la main dans le sac [Catching fraudsters red-handed], Rebuilding Success

2009 - Fraudeurs, gare à vous! Les injonctions au secours des victimes de fraude [Look out, fraudsters! Injunctions to the rescue of fraud victims], Premières en affaires

2009 - La gestion des matières résiduelles et l'environnement : un virage important pour le Québec [Environmentally sound management of waste material – a major change of course for Quebec], Premières en affaires

2009 - Les recours collectifs au Québec; une question de santé? [Class actions in Quebec – a health issue?], Premières en affaires, and LesAffaires.com

2008 - Faciliter l'accès à la justice : une mission pour les avocats [Facilitating access to justice – a mission for lawyers], Premières en affaires

2008 - La sécurité : une vocation [Safety – a vocation], Premières en affaires

2008 - L'art du recrutement dans les cabinets d'avocats [The art of recruiting in law firms], Premières en affaires

2007 -  La lutte au piratage : l'histoire d'un succès [Combating piracy – a success story], Premières en affaires (Winter 2007-2008)

2005 - L'Ordonnance Anton Piller : Nature, exécution, application particulière en matière de saisies de données informatiques, [Anton Piller orders - what they are and how they are executed, particularly in seizures of electronic data], Revue du Barreau du Québec

2005 - Les 10 moments clés pour avoir un bon avocat [The ten best times to have a lawyer], LesAffaires.com

2004 - Les transferts électroniques de fonds et la fraude [Wire  transfers and fraud], LesAffaires.com

Representative mandates
Danielle has pleaded before all levels of Quebec courts, and before various administrative tribunals. She has represented banks, high-tech enterprises, telecommunications companies, bankruptcy trustees, receivers and interim receivers, secured and ordinary creditors, insurance companies, businesses of all sizes, individuals, and parties involved in construction matters in connection with trials, seizures, injunctions, class actions, proposals, bankruptcies and realizing on security.

She has extensive experience working with private investigators and police forces to track down and recover electronic data and missing assets.

Anton Piller-type orders
Danielle has designed and executed anti-piracy enforcement strategies, including Anton Piller orders, for satellite television providers.

She has also acted as officer of the court, specifically as Independent Supervising Solicitor, in connection with various Anton Piller orders, and has spoken on this topic to the Annual Divisional Assembly of the judges of the Superior Court of Québec.

Fraud
Danielle has served as counsel in cases involving multi-million dollar fraud schemes.

Extraordinary remedies
She has developed special expertise in injunctive relief, seizures and other urgent and extraordinary remedies.