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Joel Rochon

Managing Partner

Joel Rochon

Biography

Joel Rochon is a founding partner of Rochon Genova and heads the class action group. His practice focuses on products liability, train and aviation accidents, defective drugs and medical devices, securities, anti-trust, consumer protection, and institutional abuse. Since 1999, he has led many significant Canadian class actions. He holds a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario (1983) and an L.L.B. from Universite de Moncton in French (1986). He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Advocates’ Society, the Canadian Bar Association, and other legal organizations.

Areas of Practice

  • Class Actions

Education & Bar Admissions

  • LL.B., Universite de Moncton, 1986
  • B.A., University of Western Ontario, 1983
  • Called to the Bar, Ontario, 1988

Speaking Engagements & Publications

  • “The Emotional Consequences of Personal Injury” (Butterworths, 1992)
  • “Interlocutory Proceedings – Strategy and Practice” (Butterworths, 1996)

Professional Involvement

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
  • The Advocates’ Society
  • Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  • American Association for Justice

Languages

  • English
  • French