Dominic Jaar

Bio

Mr. Dominic Jaar is a commercial litigation counsel at Beaudin Legault, Bell Canada's legal department. Prior to that, Mr. Jaar was working at Borden Ladner Gervais in the commercial litigation group. Mr. Jaar is a member of the Quebec Bar and he graduated from Laval University after studying at Western University (Common Law) and Aix-Marseille III (International and European Law). Mr. Jaar specializes in technology related matters. He also has a particular interest in information/knowledge management and e-discovery.

Mr. Jaar has written and lectured on different aspects of litigation, mainly regarding the use of experts and technologies to manage complex litigation. Mr. Jaar is also a regular speaker at CLE conferences on E-discovery and information management. He is a member of The Sedona Conference and worked extensively on the drafting of the Canadian principles and guidelines on E-discovery. He is also involved in The Sedona Conference's international and privileges workgroups. He is a board member of the Montreal Young Bar Association and, as such, is in charge of its public affairs. He is also supervising and preparing Leg@l.IT, a national conference on IT and the law. Finally, he started a blawg on which he discusses different legal issues on a daily basis.  He also participates to a collaborative blawg, Slaw, which deals with legal research and technologies.

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