Pierre A. Michaud (April 17, 1936 – March 17, 2023) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. Michaud was

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from 1994 to 2002. Born in Port-Alfred,

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, he received a law degree from the

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in 1960. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1961, and appointed

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in 1976. From 1961 to 1983, he was a trial attorney with a law firm in

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. In 1983, he was made a Judge of Quebec Superior Court. In 1992, he became an Associated Chief Justice of Quebec Superior Court and in 1994 he was appointed the Chief Justice of

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and Chief Justice of Quebec. In 2002, Michaud retired as Chief Justice of Quebec and joined the law firm

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as counsel. Among other appointments, he was a member of the Quebec National and International Commercial Arbitration Centre, the ADR Chambers International Panel and the Arbitration Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce. Michaud was also Chair of the Hearing Committee,

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, previously known as Investment Dealers Association of Canada, Quebec District. In 2017, he was counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright. Michaud died on March 17, 2023, at the age of 86.

Honours

Michaud was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in 2002, and was promoted to

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(OC) in 2003. The Québec Bar awarded Michaud its Médaille du Barreau du Québec in 2008. In 2015, he was appointed an Officier of the Ordre National du Québec (OQ).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Michaud, Pierre 1936 births 2023 deaths French Quebecers Officers of the Order of Canada Officers of the National Order of Quebec People from Saguenay, Quebec Judges in Quebec Lawyers in Quebec Université de Montréal alumni Canadian King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel