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Tina Hobday
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Quebec Bar : 1994
Language(s) : French, English and German
Assistant(s) : Martine Landry


Description
Tina Hobday, a partner since January 2001, practices in the area of public and administrative law, and has substantial experience in professional and disciplinary law. She also regularly represents clients before the civil and federal courts, including statutory appeals before the Federal Court of Appeal, and before administrative tribunals. She is also developing an expertise in pension plan governance and litigation.

She has been involved with McGill University for a number of years and is currently the Vice-President of the McGill Alumni Association. She is also a former Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Montreal Litigation Group. She is currently the Professional and Disciplinary Law Practice Group Leader.

Associations & Achievements
2011 - 2012 : Member of the Executive Committee of the National Pensions and Benefits Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association

2011 - 2012 : Co-Chair of the Advocacy and Government Relations Committee of the National Pensions and Benefits Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association

Since 2011 - Member of the Advocacy and Government Relations Committee of the National Pensions and Benefits Law Section of The Canadian Bar Association

2010-2012 - Vice-President, McGill Alumni Association

2009-2010 and 2010-2013 - Member of the Committee on Discipline of the Quebec Bar

2009-2010  and 2010-2011 - Member of the Bar of Montréal's Liaison Committee with the Professions Tribunal  

Since 2008 - Regional Council Volunteer, International Alma Mater Fund Council, Campaign McGill

Since 2007 - Licence for Occasional Practice in Ontario (Law Society of Upper Canada)

Since 2007 - Member of the Executive Committee, McGill Alumni Association

2007-2009 / 2009-2010 - Treasurer, McGill Alumni Association

2007-2009 - Chair, Task Force on Young Alumni, McGill Alumni Association

2006-2008 / 2008-2010 - Member of the Nominating Committee, McGill Alumni Association

2005-2006 - Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Montreal Litigation Group

2005-2006 - Alumni Association representative, McGill University Senate Committee on Physical Development

Since 2004 - Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Professional and Disciplinary Law Group

2004-2007 - Director, McGill Alumni Association

2004-2005 - Member, Task Force on Alumni Relations, McGill Alumni Association

2002-2004 - Member, McGill Alma Mater Fund Executive Committee

2002 - Recipient of the “President of the Year Award”, McGill Alumni Association

2001-2004 - Member, Illegal Practice of Law Committee, Montreal Bar

2000-2004 - McGill Alumni Association representative, Career and Placement Services Advisory Board

2000-2004 - President, McGill Young Alumni

2000-2004 - Four time recipient of the “Most Significant Contribution Award”, McGill Young Alumni

2000-2004 - Ex officio Member of the Board, McGill Alumni Association

1999-2000 - VP Programs, McGill Young Alumni

1998-2004 - Founding Member, Faculty of Law’s Young Alumni Advisory Board, McGill University

1998-1999 - Member, McGill Young Alumni

1997-2007 - Member of Student Recruiting Committee, including Head of the Committee and “maître de stage” for a number of years

Since 1994 - Canadian Bar Association

Presentations & Conferences
2010 - " Legal Issues Confronting Boards Faced with Shifting Resources ", Spring Educational Meeting of the North American Association of Social Work Boards, Charleston, South Carolina (May 15, 2010)

2009 - ''Discipline : Making Defensible Decisions'', Spring Educational Meeting of the North American Association of Social Work Boards, Québec City (April 25, 2009) 

2008 - “Enforcing Judgments Across Borders”, Vermont Bar Association Annual Meeting (September 26, 2008)

2008 - “How to succeed in the interview process: tips from the pros and traps to be avoided”, Quebec Bar Admissions Course, Quebec Bar (September 11, 2008)

2004 - “Pension Plan Conversions”, Conference on the Administration of Pension Plans, Canadian Institute (November 8, 2004)

2003 - "Sanctions in Professional Disciplinary Matters”, Conference on Discipline, Ethics and the Regulation of Professions, Infonex (December 10, 2003)

2002 - “Research contracts : Liability of the University and Exoneration Clauses", Aon Parizeau Inc. Conference (January 24, 2002)

2000 - “Expert Witnesses”, Junior Bar Association of Montreal (February 23, 2000)

Publications
2007 - “Enforcement of foreign decisions in Canada”, Reflets Magazine of ESSEC (Paris) (May 2007)

2007 - “Private International Law - Enforcement of foreign judgments”, Legal Bulletin Langlois Kronström Desjardins (April 2007)

2007 - VILLENEUVE, Jean-Guy, DUBÉ, Nathalie, HOBDAY, Tina. Précis de droit professionnel (Treatise on the law governing professions in Quebec), Éditions Yvon Blais, 470 pages

2004 - “To retain or destroy documents? Legal and professional requirements", Bulletin, Canadian Institute of Actuaries (October 2004, Vol. 15, No. 2)

2005 - "The challenges of being an employee and a professional”, De premier ordre (Bulletin of the Certified Human Ressources and Industrial Relations Association of Quebec) (March 2005, Vol. 7, No. 4)

2002 - Discussion Paper for the Canadian Institute of Actuaries entitled "The impact of the Enron/Worldcom collapses on the actuarial profession in Canada" (November 29, 2002)

1991-1992 - Research assistant to Prof. David Stevens, Faculty of Law of McGill University, on the Ontario Law Reform Commission’s “Report on the Law of Charities” (published 1996)


 

 
 


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Civil and Commercial Litigation  

  • Energy and Natural Resources

Business Law

  • Board of Directors 
  • Corporate governance 
  • Strategic advice

Labour and administrative law 

  • General Administrative Law
  • Professional and Disciplinary Law
  • Pension Plans

Education

1999 - The Techniques of Trial Advocacy
Intensive Seminar, Sherbrooke, Quebec

1993 - Bachelor of Civil Law, B.C.L. (with distinction)
McGill University

1993 - Bachelor of Common Law, LL.B. (with distinction)
McGill University

1988-1989 - M.B.A. (in part)
McGill University

1988 - Bachelor of Arts, German Literature (Honours) (with great distinction)
Swiss Ambassador’s Prize
McGill University

1985 - French Baccalauréat, Health Sciences
Collège Marie de France, Montreal

 
 
 
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