Background
Jeremy Bolger is a partner at our Montréal office. Mr. Bolger was admitted to the Québec Bar in 1979 and is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Law School. He also obtained a Bachelor of Arts (political science and economics) from Loyola College in 1974.
Areas of Practice
- Mr. Bolger is the regional and national leader of our Maritime Group and is the regional leader of our Insurance and Tort Liability Group in Montréal.
- He also practises in the field of intellectual property law and is a registered trade-mark agent. He is the regional leader of our Intellectual Property Litigation Group in Montréal. His practice includes ADR methods, including arbitration and mediation.
Professional Experience
- Acts as counsel to terminal operators, stevedores, financial institutions, freight forwarders, shippers, road carriers, ship owners and managers, cargo interests, warehousemen, charterers and operators, as well as their respective agents and underwriters, providing advice with respect to commercial, administrative and regulatory matters and appearing before the courts and administrative tribunals.
- Listed in "The International Who's Who of Shipping and Maritime Lawyers", "Best Lawyers in Canada" and designated by Lexpert as the "Most frequently recommended" of Leading Practitioners in maritime law.
Professional and Community Activities
- Past Chairman of the Québec Maritime Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association
- Member of the Québec Intellectual Property Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association
- National Vice-president of the Canadian Maritime Law Association
- Member of the Association of Maritime Arbitrators of Canada
- Associate member of the Association of Average Adusters of Canada
- Member of the Canadian, Québec and Montréal Bar Associations
- Speaker at numerous conferences and seminars relating to transportation law
- Past President of the Grunt Club Inc., the marine fraternity of the Port of Montréal
- Past President and a Director of Mariners House of Montréal, an institution dedicated to the social and spiritual well-being of seafarers
- Vice-chairman of the Board and member of the Executive Committee, Montréal Port Authority (2005-2008)
- Director of Gillespie-Munro Inc.
- Director of Shipowners Assurance Management Ltd.
- Director of Maruha Nichiro (Canada), Inc.
- Counsel to the Canadian Shipowners Mutual Assurance Association
- Counsel to the Canadian Shipowners Association
- Chairman of the Montréal office Conflicts Committee
