Maud Rivard

Professional career

Ms. Maud Rivard practises mainly in the fields of insurance law, civil liability and professional liability.

Ms. Rivard regularly represents clients before the various judicial authorities and in the dispute resolution process. She also renders opinions on insurance coverage. Known for her pragmatic approach to cases, she is able to keep the costs down and bring a case to a speedy trial or settlement, as the case may be.

From the start of her law career, Ms. Rivard has played an active role in complex multi-party cases involving vast quantities of documents in construction law, professional liability and civil liability matters. Consequently, she has developed reflexes and abilities that are conducive to efficient case management and the rapid development of a strategy aimed at limiting the costs, wherever possible.

Ms. Rivard also practises administrative law and most notably has had the opportunity to advise and represent organizations in judicial review cases before the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal.

Ms. Rivard teaches the moot court class at Université Laval, where the students must draft and plead a factum in a simulated appeal case. She is also a facilitator at the Quebec Bar’s Advocacy Techniques Seminar held annually in Sherbrooke.

She is the author of several legal articles and publications and is a regular speaker at conferences. She is the author of the Jurisclasseur on general provisions in damage insurance and examinations on discovery, participates in the Grand Collectif – Code of Civil Procedure as well as in the book Objections to Evidence in Civil Law. She acts as an arbitrator in lawyers’ fee arbitrations.

Honours

In 2021, 2025 and 2026, Me Maud Rivard was recognized for her practice in Professional Liability by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. She was also recognized in the prestigious legal directory The Best Lawyers in Canada from 2022 through the 2027 edition for her extensive experience in insurance law, in construction law and professional liability, in addition to winning the title of Lawyer of the year 2027 in professional liability.

Involvement

Member of the Association des femmes d’assurance de Québec (Association of Women in Insurance of Quebec) and member responsible for the formation

Lecturer at Université Laval since 2015 – Faculty of Law

Membre de l’O.H.O.B.I

Member of the Canadian Bar Association

Was a member of the Comité de liaison avec la Cour du Québec of the Barreau de Québec.

Member of the Arbitration of lawyers’ accounts committee of the Barreau du Québec

Facilitator and team leader at the Séminaire des techniques de plaidoirie du Barreau du Québec