Dominic St-Laurent

Dominic practices in disciplinary law, regulatory law and criminal business law, with particular expertise in economic crimes.

With nearly 35 years of practice with public authorities, including 17 years with the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DCPP), he has a solid understanding of corporate legal issues and extensive courtroom experience, having litigated major cases with the DCPP.

Today, Dominic represents business clients before the courts on a variety of criminal and penal law issues, including fraud, supervisory duties, criminal negligence, penal and regulatory provisions of the Quebec Securities Act (AMF), criminal offences under the federal Competition Act and Excise Act, provincial criminal offences and Quebec’s Highway Safety Code. He also provides criminal and administrative compliance services for businesses.

Eager to train the next generation in criminal law issues, Dominic taught criminal law as a lecturer at the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Law as part of the moot court program between 2001 and 2012. In particular, he covered the more technical aspects of the law, such as pleading, searches and issues relating to the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

In private practice since 2007, Dominic worked for one of Montreal’s most renowned criminal and penal law firms. He then moved to Novalex, where he acted as legal counsel.

• Obtaining two stays of proceedings in favor of two major Quebec contractors in 2016 and 2017.
• Obtaining the only acquittal of an accused by a jury in a case involving Quebec’s “sponsorship scandal”.
• Arguing numerous criminal law cases before juries, including several precedent-setting ones.