The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of excellence and integrity.
Catherine Dagenais, Partner at Dentons in Montréal, is appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec for the district of Montréal. Justice Dagenais replaces Justice M.-A. Blanchard (Montréal), who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective October 31, 2023.
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"I wish Justice Dagenais every success as she takes on her new role. I am confident she will serve Quebecers well as a member of the Superior Court of Quebec."
-The Hon. Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Biography
Justice Dagenais holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the Université de Montréal, where she was awarded the Faculty of Law medal-first in the Faculty-and the Governor General's Award-for the highest average in her university. She also obtained a Master of Laws from the University of Oxford. She was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1997.
Justice Dagenais was a law clerk to the Honourable Michel Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada. She then practised litigation and international arbitration at the law firms McCarthy Tétrault, White and Case (Paris) and Norton Rose Fulbright. She was also a legal advisor to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo. Since 2010, she has been working at the law firm Dentons, where she has acquired versatile experience in civil and commercial litigation, constitutional and administrative law, as well as in construction law and alternative dispute resolution.
Justice Dagenais is committed to the justice community. She was a legal advisor at the Barreau du Québec and she was also a member of the Construction and Infrastructure Section Committee of the Canadian Bar Association. Throughout her career, she has focused on access to justice and has been actively involved with Justice Pro Bono.
Justice Dagenais plays a variety of sports; she also enjoys spending time with her family and in the great outdoors.
