Dominic Jaar

Current

Legal Counsel at Ledjit Consulting
Author at Wines and Information Management
Principal at Leg@l.IT

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Past

Legal counsel, litigation and e-discovery at Bell Canada
Lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais
Screener at Lerners LLP

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Education

Montreal Bar School
Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III)
Université Laval

The University of Western Ontario
Université de Montréal

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Dominic Jaar’s Summary

Commercial litigation attorney with big firm private practice and in-house legal experiences. Providing preemptive litigation support in French or English. Preparing and pleading matters before the different courts and tribunals. Focus on E-discovery and Knowledge management.

Dominic Jaar’s Specialties:

- E-discovery
- Injunctions
- Construction
- Complex litigation
- Privacy
- Knowledge management

Dominic Jaar’s Experience

Legal Counsel

Ledjit Consulting

(Legal Services industry)

July 2008 — Present (4 months)

Supports corporations, law firms and lawyers with their information management and e-discovery needs.
Author

Wines and Information Management

(Law Practice industry)

July 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

This is my personal blog where I discuss legal issues revolving around e-discovery and information management by organizations, lawyers and judges. I also refresh this sometime dry topic by adding comments on wines that I have tasted or anything that relates to wines.
Principal

Leg@l.IT

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Legal Services industry)

January 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)

E-discovery, Records and Knowledge Management Strategic Consulting and Online Business Development.
Legal counsel, litigation and e-discovery

Bell Canada

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BCE; Telecommunications industry)

September 2005 — July 2008 (2 years 11 months)

Representing Bell Canada and its subsidiaries in high-stakes complex disputes involving breach of contract, real estate and privacy issues. Counselling other in-house lawyers from other departments (M&A, Corp, Comm, Labor, etc.) on litigious issues. In charge of the knowledge management and e-discovery, i.e. implementation of a document and case management software, giving courses and support, drafting and applying the KM policies (Document retention, Security, Internet use, etc.).
Lawyer

Borden Ladner Gervais

(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)

November 1999 — September 2005 (5 years 11 months)

Representing clients in commercial disputes involving breach of contract, real estate and privacy issues. Counselling clients on litigious issues. member of the knowledge management and technology committees, i.e. implementation of a litigation support software, reviewing the security issues relating to the knowledge management system, the intranet and the vpn.
Screener

Lerners LLP

(Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

May 1998 — August 1998 (4 months)

E-discovery (screening process) in a high-stake complex international litigation for a multinational company.

Dominic Jaar’s Education

Montreal Bar School

Bar, Civil Law, 2000 — 2001
Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III)

LL.B, International and European Law, 1999 — 1999
Université Laval

LL.B, Civil Law, 1996 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Bora Laskin moot court (administrative and constitutionnal law)
Concours de droit international humanitaire Jean Pictet (Humanitarian and war law)
The University of Western Ontario

LL.B, Common Law, 1998 — 1998

Teaching Civil and French Law class.
Université de Montréal

LL.B, Law, 1998 — 1998

Family law summer class.

Additional Information

Dominic Jaar’s Websites:

Dominic Jaar’s Interests:

Knowledge/information management, organizational development, strategic planning, Six Sigma, professional networking, photography, travelling, wining, gourmet cooking, skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, snorkeling, diving, reading, playing drums

Dominic Jaar’s Groups:

Quebec Bar
Canadian Bar Association (Law Practice Management & Technology committee)
American Bar Association (Law Practice Management and Young Lawyers divisons)
Montreal Bar Associtiaton (Comité de liaison avec la Cour du Québec, Comité du Mentorat; Comité de liaison avec le public (Visez Droit))
Young Bar Association of Montreal /Association du Jeune Barreau de Montréal (Board member, VP Finance, Comité de l'emploi et du développement professionnel; Comité des affaires publiques)
The Sedona Conference Working Groups 1 (E-discovery USA), 6 (International) and 7 (E-discovery Canada)
Montreal Knowledge Management Council
Artuel: encan pour la Fondation du foie (2005 président; 2004 collaborateur)
IT.Can (board member), ABA Techshow, Leg@l.IT