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, international abduction, dismissal, constructive dismissal and sexual harassment.
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