SERGE PISAPIA AVOCAT

Lawyer
Chartered Mediator
Chartered Arbitrator

PROFILE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FROM 2003

Lawyer, Chartered Mediator & Chartered Arbitrator

SERGE PISAPIA, LL.B., LL.M., C. Med., C. Arb.

Montréal, Québec, Canada

2001-2003

Senior Consultant

BOTH BELLE ROBB LIMITED
Construction Management Consultants, Montreal, Qc. Canada

1981-2002

Vice-President and Director of Projects

PISAPIA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED
General contractors and Project Managers, Montreal, QC. Canada

1978-1980

Lawyer (commercial litigation)

McALLISTER, BLAKELY, TURGEON, HESLER
Attorneys, Montreal, Qc. Canada

ACADEMIC TRAINING

Lawyer Chartered Mediator & Chartered Arbitrator

SERGE PISAPIA, LL.B., LL.M., C. Med., C. Arb.

Montréal, Québec, Canada

2008

Masters in Laws (LL.M)(ADR)

UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE,
Longueuil, Qc., Canada

2006

Graduate Diploma in “Prévention et Règlement des Différends » (ADR)

UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE, Longueuil, Qc. Canada.

1980

1st session of MBA

Ivey School of Business, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, London, Ont., Canada

1978

Admission to the Barreau du Québec,

Montréal, Qc., Canada

1977

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL, Québec City, Qc., Canada

1974

French Baccalaureate (Sciences)

COLLÈGE STANISLAS,
Montréal, Qc., Canada

ACCREDITATIONS AND
PROFESIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Accreditations and professional associations

International Mediation Institute (IMI)

Certified Mediator since 2009 

ADR Institute of Canada Inc.

Chartered Mediator (C.Med.) and Chartered Arbitrator (C.Arb.)

Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ)

Accredited Mediator and Arbitrator since 2003
President and Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2011
President of the Construction and ADR network committees (2004-2009)
Member of the Construction committee

Barreau du Québec

1 day workshops on Administration, Practice and Chairing of Dispute Resolutions Boards provided by the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, Seattle USA, September 2011.

Canadien Bar Association

Chair of the national Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) section (2007-2008)
Member of the executive of the ADR section of the Quebec division since 2009

Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF)

Member trained in the Administration, Practice and Chairing of Dispute Resolutions Boards from 2010 to 2020.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

2017-2019

Ninety (90) hours of continuing education registered in the Barreau du Québec’s official registry for the period of 2017-2019.

Autumn 2018

Forty (40) hour training in commercial et civil arbitration given by the Barreau du Québec in the fall of 2018.

September 2011

1 day workshops on Administration, Practice and Chairing of Dispute Resolutions Boards provided by the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, Seattle USA, September 2011.

September 2011

Formation intensive (8 heures) sur la pratique, l’administration et la présidence des « Dispute Review Boards », Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, Seattle, Washington, Septembre 2011.

April 2011

24-hour training in transformative mediation given by Law Professor Baruch Bush from Hofstra University (New York) and Me John Peter Weldon in the continuing education program of the Barreau du Québec, Montreal, April 2011.

March 2011

World Forum of Mediation Centres (9 hours), Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), Athens, Greece, March 2011.

October 2009

East Coast Annual Professional Skills Program, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, “Mediating Complex Construction Disputes” (18 hours), Woodstock, Vermont, October 2009.

October 2009

The Evolution of the New Lawyer: Enhancing Our Skills as Negotiators and Advocates”, (8 hours), Professor Julie Macfarlane, Groupe de Droit collaboratif du Québec and the Comité de la Justice Participative du Barreau du Québec, Montreal, October 2009.

November-December 2005

Practical training in construction law (9 hours), Canadian Bar Association, Quebec division, construction law section, Montreal, November 15 to December 15, 2005.

Multiple lunch conferences organized by the construction and ADR sections of the Canadian Bar association, Quebec division, in Montreal.

2002-2003

Training seminar on civil and commercial mediation (40 hours), Me Serge Roy, Service de la formation permanente, Barreau du Québec, 2002- 2003.

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