Training

• 1990: Called to the Bar
• 1990: Professional training - School of the Québec Bar Association, Montréal, Canada
• 1989: Law (LL B) - Law School, University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada
• 1977: Translation - University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Work Experience

• 2005 to date : Referred Lawyer by the Trade Mission of the Embassy of France, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 2005 to date : Foreign Legal Consultant, Jin Mao P.R.C. Lawyers, Shanghai, China
• 2005 to date : Hugues Langlais Law Firm  Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Business and commercial laws for businesses wishing to set up operations in China
• Immigration law for Investors and temporary workers to Canada
• Appearances in Federal Court of Canada, Immigration Appeal Division and Superior Courts
• Management and training of juniors lawyers
• 2001 to 2005 : Joli-Coeur, Lacasse, Geoffrion, Jetté, St-Pierre, S.E.N.C.  Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Immigration Law for investors and temporary workers to Canada
• 1996 to 2001 : Sole practitioner  Montréal, Québec
• Immigration and Naturalisation Law
• Canadian Correspondent of Eurojuris International and Interjuris France
• 1990 to 1995 : Gutkin, Ste-Marie, Langlais & Plourde  Longueuil, Québec, Canada
• Immigration and naturalisation law
• 1990 : Godin, Raymond, Harris, Thomas, Montréal  Québec, Canada
• Associate involved in commercial, insurance, real estate, and international private law

Associations

• Québec Law Society
• Québec Association of Immigration Lawyers (AQAADI)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
• Canadian Bar Association, Immigration section (ABC)
• International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA)
• Lawyers without Borders (ASF Québec)

Lectures - Immigration Issues

• Transfer of Employees: Representations and Warranties in Cross Border Transaction
  UIA, Annual conference, Paris, France, November 2007
• La position du Barreau du Québec sur le rôle des consultants en immigration
  AQAADI, Annual conference, Montreal, Octobre 2007
• Representation Warranties and Indemnifications Regarding the Tansferability of Employees
  UIA, Representations, Warranties and Indemnifications in M & As - Pitfalls and Best Practices for Structuring as well as Litigating and Arbitrating Them, Sestriere, Italy, February 2007
• Business Immigration : From the Application to the Review Process
  Introduction To The Practice And Procedures In Immigration, Continuing Legal Education, Quebec Law Society, Montreal, October 2005
• Documentary Requirements of Quebec Immigration Offices Abroad
  CBA Annual Congress, Immigration Section, Toronto, May 2004
• Qualified Workers : Provincial Nominee Programs Outside Quebec
  Introduction To The Practice And Procedures In Immigration, Continuing Legal Education, Quebec Law Society, Montreal, November 2003
• Administrative Review of Immigration Decisions
  Introduction To The Practice And Procedures In Immigration, Continuing Legal Education, Quebec Law Society, Montreal, November 2003
• Business Immigration Programs: Provincial Selection Programs
  AQAADI, Annual Conference, Montreal, November 20, 2003
• Employment and Immigration Issues in International Business Transactions
  AIJA, Strategic Alliances and Joint Venture Seminar, Val d'Isère, France, March 2003
• Administrative Review of Immigration Decisions
  AQAADI, Annual Conference, Montreal, June 2002
• Recent Changes to Québec's Investor Program
  Canadian Bar Association, Annual Conference, Ottawa, May 2001
• Sponsorships : Recourses, Case Law and Orientations
  Canadian Bar Association, Quebec division, Immigration Section, Intercontinental Hotel, September 2000
• Doing Business in Canada
• Chamber of Commerce of Poitiers, France, May 2000
• Connaissance-network, France, March 2000
• Work Authorizations in Canada
  International Work Contracts, Seminar of the Economic International Law Group and Quebec Law Society, Montréal, March 2000
• International Mobility of Personal
  World Trade Center, Montréal, March 1999
• The immigrant Investor Program, a Discriminatory Program?
  International Association of Young Lawyers, Sydney (Australia), September 1998
• Executive Transfers Under NAFTA, a Canadian Perspective
  Seminar on the International Mobility of Personnel, International Association of Young Lawyers, Vail, Colorado, March 1998
• The New Quebec Selection Grid, One Year After
  Quebec Bar Seminar, Montréal, February 1998
• Employee Transfer Rules under GATS and NAFTA
  AIJA Seminar on the International Mobility of Personnel, Worchester College, Oxford, England, September 1997
• Visa Applications within Canada
  Canadian Bar Association, Québec division, Immigration Section, International Commerce Centre, Montréal 1996
• Aids, Human Rights and International Travel Restrictions
  Annual Congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers, Washington, USA, 1995

Other Lectures

• The Telecommunications Industries of Canada : Control of Information and Communication Access to Power
  New Technologies and Intellectual Property and Telecommunications Commissions, National Report for Canada (reflecting the position as of May 9th, 2003), in cooperation with Marc Leclerc, Maude Vézina and Shy Kurtz, New Technologies and Intellectual Property and Telecommunications Commissions, AIJA Annual Congress, Edimbourgh, Scotland, 2003
• Mortgage Lending in Europe: Comparative Law from the Practical View Point, a Counterpoint From Canada
  Association for Comparative-Law Land Register and Mortgage Law and Eurojuris International, Wiesbaden, Germany, March 2001
• Divorce and Forum Shopping
  Annual Congress, International Association of Young Lawyers, Helsinki, Finland, August 2000
• Two Official Languages are Commonly Used in Canada
  Bulletin published by the Hong Kong Young Legal Professionals Association Limited, 3rd Issue, June 1997
• Translation: Response to the Needs of Immigrants
  Educaloi Congress Montréal, October 1999
• Immigration & Medias
  Canadian Bar Association, Québec Division, Immigration Section, Montréal, Sheraton Hotel, 1995
• Protection of Personal Data in The Private Enterprise
  Annual Congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers, Vichy, France, 1994
• Québec and the Immigration Population: Integrationm Adaptation, Assimilation, Tolerance or Racism?
  Quebec Criminology Society, Annual Congress, Montreal, 1993
• Immigrattion Law in CanadaMultiple occasions, 1990 - 1998

Other publications

• 1990-1992, Circuit : Quarterly legal column on various subjects
• 1990-1993, Néomonde : Quarterly legal column on various subjects

Awards and Recognitions

• 2004: Appointment by the Minister of Immigration to the Advisory Committee on the Regulations of Consultants in the Province of Quebec
• 2000: Past-President's Award of the International Association of Young Lawyers for the lecture on Divorce and Forum Shopping
• 2000: Member of the Official Jury of the International Pleading Contest of the Caen (France) Memorial
• 1999: Honorary Vice-President of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
• 1999: Obiter Dictum's Award of the Quebec Association of Immigration Lawyers (AQAADI)

Pro-bono & other Activities

• 2004 to date - President | Advisory Committee to the President of the Québec Law Society on Immigration and Nationality Issues
• 1999 to 2004 - President | Quebec Bar Committee on Cultural Communities
• 1999 to 2001 - Ad Hoc Delegate | 1998 to 1999 - President | 1993 to 1998 - Vice-president | Québec Association of Immigration Lawyers (AQAADI)
• 1997 to 1999 : President | Standing Commission on Human Rights (AIJA)
• 1996 to 1999 : President | 1991 to 1993 : Administrator | Maison internationale de la Rive-Sud (Brossard)
• 1994 to 1998 : Elected School Board Administrator | Montreal South Shore School Board
• 1994 to 1996 : Legal Expert | Radio Centre-Ville