Josée Pilon

Josée Pilon is the head of the litigation group. Her practice focuses on employment and labour law as well as civil and commercial litigation.

With more than twenty years of experience as a lawyer, she assists companies or managers in cases involving employment law situations and/or issues.  On a daily basis, she advises her clients on all aspects of employment law, including hiring employees/consultants (employment contracts, service contracts, offers and conditions of employment), termination of employment (dismissals, permanent or temporary layoffs), application of employment standards, workplace psychological harassment, compensation, employment policies, employee manuals, as well as the application and validity of restrictive covenants (non-competition, non-solicitation). 

She also drafts and negotiates all documentation relating to employer-employee relationship. Finally, she acts on behalf of her clients before Quebec’s civil and administrative courts and tribunals (at first instance, review or appeal) and/or in arbitration, particularly in matters of employment or labour law, including disciplinary measures, termination of employment, terms and conditions of employment or application of restrictive covenants. 

Moreover, she represents clients in civil and commercial litigation and in matters of estate law.

She taught the Labour Law section at the Quebec Bar School (Montreal) from 1999 to 2022.