Gabriel is an experienced legal counsel and litigator, having worked for the past decade in a national law firm in Montreal and in a civil litigation boutique in Ottawa. In 2010-2011, Gabriel was law clerk to Mr. Justice Louis LeBel at the Supreme Court of Canada. When not acting in public or commercial law matters, Gabriel teaches private international law as a lecturer at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. Gabriel holds a doctorate in linguistics from Harvard University, where he did research in Chinese syntax and French Canadian phonology.
Ontario (2011), Quebec (2012)
BA (McGill), PhD (Harvard), LL.B. (Ottawa)
French, English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish
he/him
Counsel work in trials and appeals as well as in cases with a political angle.
Civil litigation experience in a wide variety of private law matters. Gabriel represents individuals and businesses in commercial, employment and professional negligence litigation. Gabriel has also worked on land use planning and professional discipline matters.
Public law experience in many administrative and constitutional law cases, in particular language rights issues, issues related to judicial independence and ethics as well as issues relating to freedom of expression. Gabriel has a wealth of experience as a legal advisor to organizations and associations of minority Francophone communities.
Legal writing, teaching and speaking as the author of peer-reviewed articles and as lecturer in private international law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. Gabriel is regularly invited as a speaker on language rights issues.
« Gouvernance en matière de santé », in L’État de l’Acadie : Un grand tour d’horizon de l’Acadie contemporaine, Michelle Landry, Julien Massicotte et Dominique Pépin-Filion (ed.), Montréal : Del Busso éditeur, 2021
“The Supreme Court and the office of the Governor general are apples and oranges” July 14, 2021 in Policy Options, policyoptions.irpp.org
« L’art de juger de l’honorable Louis LeBel, sous la direction de Bjarne Melkevik », 2020 52-2 Ottawa Law Review 261, rdo-olr.org
« Le français acadien n’est pas plus correct que celui de Shediac », February 14, 2018 in L’Acadie nouvelle
« La protection d’une vitalité fragile : Les droits linguistiques autochtones en vertu de l’article 35 », 2013 5-3 McGill Law Journal 573, 2013 CanLII Docs 265
« Les polices d’assurance-vie et la relativité contractuelle », 2012 43-1 Ottawa Law Review 95, 2012 CanLII Docs 83
Federal Courts Watcher – Canadian Standards Association v Pharma Plastic Industries Inc., CanLII Connects
Federal Courts Watcher – Western Oilfield Equipment Rentals Ltd and FP Marangoni Inc. v M-I L.L.C. CanLII Connects
Federal Courts Watcher – Bacon St-Onge v Conseil des innus de Pessamit et al. CanLII Connects