Overview
Patricia Fourcand serves a clientele composed mainly of business people, professionals, employers and senior executives.
Her areas of expertise are divorce, separation, child custody, alimony, parentage, parental authority and international abduction.
Professional achievements & leadership
- Selected as a leader in the second cohort of EXCELLENCE, 2018
- Recipient of the 2008 JCCH Young Professional Award, 2008
- Mention of excellence from the University of Ottawa, 1996
- Recipient of an award of excellence in Constitutional Law from the University of Ottawa, 1994
- Mention of excellence for the French Baccalauréat, mathematics and philosophy section, 1992
- Mention of excellence in Spanish language from the University of Salamonca, 1992
Notable matters
- Represented clients before both the Superior Court and Court of Appeal in child custody cases
- Represented clients in international family law files including for the following jurisdictions: Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, France, Lebanon, Switzerland, Mexico, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Thailand, Philippines, England, Morocco, Greece, South Korea, United States (New York, California, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., etc..)
- Represented clients regarding partition of assets valued at several million dollars
- Represented clients in files involving more than $500 million
- Represented clients in international child abduction cases
Thought leadership
- La délocalisation des enfants : accorder ou refuser le déménagement, telle est la question!, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2012
- Aspects civils du mariage, 2002
- ”La perception des pensions alimentaires”, La Presse, 1999
- ”La difficile rupture entre conjoints de fait”, La Presse, 1998
Corporate directorships
- Bench and Bar Family Law Liaison Committee, 2000-2005 and since 2009
- Comité Haïti du Barreau de Montréal, since may 2010
- Board Member, Association JNF à but non lucratif, since 2009
- Board Member, Bar of Montreal, 2008-2009
- Member, Conseil général du Barreau du Québec, 2008-2009
- President of the External Affairs Committee of the Young Bar Association of Montreal, 2002-2005
- Board Member, Young Bar Association of Montreal, 2002-2005
Professional memberships
- Association des avocats et avocates en droit familial du Québec
- Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal
- Canadian Bar Association
- International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
Languages spoken
- English
- French
- Spanish
Bar admissions & education
- Québec Bar, 1998
- B.C.L., University of Ottawa, 1996
