The Bâtonnière of Montreal

2025-2026

Mtre Alice Popovici (2011)

Admitted to the Quebec Bar and the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2011, Mtre. Popovici has practiced family law since the beginning of her career. After practicing with a national firm and then a boutique firm, both specialized in family law, she founded her own firm, Popovici Family Law Inc.,in 2014.

Driven by a deep passion, Mtre. Popovici supports and represents her clients in all matters related to separation and divorce with rigour, commitment and compassion. She has an active practice while remaining deeply involved in the life of the Montreal Bar as an institution. She has been on the Council for 7 years. A committed member, Mtre. Popovici has successively acted as Councillor, Treasurer and First Councillor. Her active role on the Council over the past year has allowed her to play a tangible role in the discussions and decisions that will shape the future of the Montreal Bar. In the past, she also served on the Board of Directors of the Young Bar Association of Montreal and participated in various Bar committees, demonstrating an ongoing commitment to the profession and the legal community.

Convinced that the profession must evolve responsibly and with purpose, Mtre. Popovici intends to continue to promote the fundamental values of the Montreal Bar, including the protection of the public, professional excellence and member involvement. Bâtonnière Popovici has chosen Evolve With Purpose as the theme for her term. With this conviction, she intends to inspire the Montreal Bar in its mission to protect the public and support section members in the performance of their duties.

Former Bâtonniers

2020 to 2025

2024-2025
Caroline Larouche
2009
2023-2024
David Ettedgui
2010
2022-2023
Julie Mousseau
1994
2021-2022
Extra Junior Laguerre
2007
2020-2021
Robin Schiller
1984
2019-2020
Alexandre Forest
2011

2010 to 2020

Michel P. Synnott
Brian R. Mitchell
Simon Tremblay
Magali Fournier, Ad. E.
Greg Moore
Luc Deshaies, Ad. E.
Catherine Pilon
Elizabeth Greene
1981
Marc Charbonneau
1976
Nicolas Plourde, Ad. E.
1993

2000 to 2009

Stephen G. Schenke
1990
Gilles Ouimet, Ad. E.
1987
Julie Latour
1988
David R. Collier
1984
Bernard Synnott, Ad. E.
1987
Stéphane Rivard
1979
Alan M. Stein
1963
Richard Wagner
1980
Michel A. Pinsonnault
1975
Lynne Kassie, Ad. E.
1976

1990 to 1999

Ronald Montcalm, c.r
1967
Pierre Fournier
1968
Richard J. McConomy
1971
Robert Mongeon
1970
Jean-Jacques Gagnon, Ad. E.
1959
Casper M. Bloom, Q.C.
1967
Pierrette Rayle
1970
Alain Letourneau, c.r., Ad. E.
1959
J. Arclen Blakely, Q.C.
1958
Jules O. Duchesneau, c.r.
1957

1980 to 1989

Rolland Boudreau, c.r.
Manuel Shacter, c.r., Ad. E.
Gabriel Lapointe, c.r.
Guy Gilbert, c.r., Ad. E.
J. Vincent O’Donnell, Q.C., Ad. E.
Marcel Bélanger, c.r
André Quesnel, c.r.
George A. Allison, Q.C.
Philippe Casgrain, c.r.
Paul Trudeau

1970 to 1979

John J. Pepper, Q.C.
Pierre Bourque, c.r.
Pierre De Grandpré, c.r.
Thomas H. Montgomery, Q.C
Gérard Beaupré, c.r.
Jacques Viau, c.r.
Donald Newton Byers, Q.C.
Yvon Jasmin, c.r.
Charles J. Gélinas, c.r.
Philipp F. Vineberg, O.C., Q.C., LL.D.

1960 to 1969

Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, c.r.
R.-M. Lacroix, c.r
Alexander John Campbell, Q.C.
Emile Poissant, c.r.
Léon Lalande, c.r.
John Lewis O’Brien, Q.C.
Jacques Sénécal, c.r.
Alfred Tourigny, c.r.
Adrian-K. Hugessen, Q.C.
Bernard Bourdon, c.r.

1950 to 1959

Rosario Genest, c.r.
Hugh Emmett O’Donnell, Q.C.
Pierre Amable Badeaux, c.r.
Victor Pager, c.r.
John-G. Ahern, Q.C.
Thomas Reginald Ker, Q.C.
Jean Martineau, C.C., c.r., LL.D
Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, c.r.
William Bridges Scott, Q.C
Edouard Asselin, c.r., LL.D.
F. Philippe Brais, C.C., c.r.

1940 to 1949

ilion Graves Heward, K.C.
Gustave Monette, c.r.
J. Alexandre Prud’Homme, c.r.
John Thomas Hackett, K.C.
Antonio Perrault, c.r.
Charles-Auguste de Lotbinière Harwood, c.r.
Robert Clark McMichael, K.C.
Warwick Fielding Chipman, K.C.
Elie Beauregard, c.r.
Francis Fauteux, c.r.
Lawrence MacFarlane, K.C.

1930 to 1939

Arthur William Patrick Buchanan, K.C.
Paul Lacoste, c.r.
Pierre Beullac, c.r.
hn Augustine Mann, K.C.
Arthur Vallée, c.r.
Guillaume André Fauteux, c.r.
Henry Noel Chauvin, K.C.
L. Emery Beaulieu, c.r., LL.D.
Alfred Duranleau, c.r.
Alfred Duranleau, c.r.
Oscar Pierre Dorais, c.r.

1920 to 1929

Henri Gérin-Lajoie, c.r.
Rodolphe Monty, c.r.
George Hugh Alexander Montgomery, K.C.
Paul St-Germain, c.r.
Napoléon Kemner Laflamme, c.r.
John-W. Cook, K.C.
Ernest Pélissier, c.r.
Joseph Leonide Perron, c.r.
Gordon Walters Macdougall, c.r.
Louis Conrad Pelletier, c.r.
Georges Greene Foster, K.C.

1910 to 1919

Aimé Geoffrion, c.r.
Henry J. Kavanagh, K.C.
Charles Laurendeau, c.r.
Albert William Atwater, K.C.
François de Sales Bastien, c.r.
John Edward Martin, K.C.
Joseph Louis Archambault, c.r.
A.J. Brown, K.C.
François Joseph Bisaillon, c.r.
Robert C. Smith, K.C.

1900 to 1909

Honoré Gervais, c.r.
Frederick Edmund Meredith, K.C.
Pierre Basile Mignault, c.r.
Eugène Lafleur, c.r.
Gustave Lamothe, c.r.
Donald MacMaster, K.C.
Siméon Beaudin, c.r.
William John White, K.C.
Joseph Alexandre Camille Madore, c.r.

1890 to 1899

Christopher Benfield Carter, Q.C.
Joseph-Emery Robidoux, c.r.
John Dunlop, Q.C.
Louis-Olivier Taillon, c.r.
Frédéric Liguori Béique, c.r.
Norman-William Trenholme, Q.C.

1880 to 1889

Rouer Roy, c.r.
Alex-Hutech Lunn
Honoré Mercier, c.r.
Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion, c.r.
William Wilcox Robertson, Q.C.
Alexandre Lacoste, c.r.

1870 to 1879

William H. Kerr, Q.C.
Antoine-Aimé Dorion, c.r.
Marcus Doherty, Q.C.
F. Cassidy, c.r.
John James Day, Q.C.
Gédéon Ouimet, c.r.

1860 to 1869

Alexander Cross, Q.C.
Joseph Doutre, c.r.
Andrew Robertson, Q.
Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme, c.r.
Charles-André Leblanc, c.r.
Strachan Bethune, Q.C.
Antoine-Aimé Dorion, c.r.
Robert Mackay, Q.C.
Strachan Bethune, Q.C.

1849 to 1859

Joseph-Amable Berthelot, c.r.
Henry Stuart, Q.C.
Côme-Séraphin Cherrier
William Badgley, Q.C.
Antoine-Aimé Dorion, c.r.
Toussaint Peltier