Dominic Jaar

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

Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Centre for Court Technology

(Judiciary industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

1) The Centre provides leadership, and acts as a catalyst to bring together stakeholders in order to create an atmosphere favourable to technological innovation and excellence in our court systems so as to enhance access to justice.
2) The Centre supports the effective transfer and sharing of information between courts and other elements of the justice system that provide information to or rely on information from courts.
3) The Centre provides the tools and activities needed to exchange information and share knowledge about successful and unsuccessful experiments in fields of justice information technology.
4) The Centre plays an active role in identifying and promoting best practices in relation to court technology and technology-related policies.
President
Ledjit Consulting Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Law Practice industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

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

LegalIT conference

(Legal Services industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

Canada's premier conference on legal technologies
Editor

The Sedona Conference

(Law Practice industry)

2004 — Present (5 years )

The Sedona Conference® is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) research and educational institute dedicated to the advanced study of law and policy in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation, and intellectual property rights. Through a combination of Conferences, Working Groups, and the "magic" of dialogue, The Sedona Conference® seeks to move the law forward in a reasoned and just way. The Sedona Conference® succeeds through the generous contributions of time by its faculties and Working Group members, and is able to fund its operations primarily through the financial support of its members, conference registrants, and sponsorships.
Author

Wines and Information Management

(Law Practice industry)

July 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 6 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.
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 (executive board member)
ABA Techshow Planning Board
Founder of LegalIT