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Jean-François Laberge is a Partner and Head of the Litigation Department of Low Murchison Radnoff LLP. Jean-François is fluently bilingual (English/French). He is first and foremost an advocate recognized for his practice in civil litigation, which is focused on the following: personal injury, medical malpractice, estate litigation and insurance law. In 2013, Jean-François, was awarded the prestigious Regional Senior Justice Award of the County Carleton Law Association (CCLA). Jean-François is very involved in the legal community: He taught the Insurance Law course and Commercial Law course at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa – French Common Law Section. He sat on the Board of the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO) as the Regional Representative for the Outaouais Region for almost a decade. He was the founder and first ever President of the Young Lawyers Committee of the AJEFO. He was the co-Chair of the New Lawyers & Articling Students Planning Committee of the County of Carleton Law Association for many years and established the CCLA’s One Day Summit Conference. He currently sits on the Board of PratiquO, the continuing legal education centre at the Univeristy of Ottawa. He also provides pro bono legal services to local not-for-profit organizations. Jean-François plays rugby for the Ottawa Wolves RFC and is an avid downhill skier, having obtained his CSIA Level II designation many years ago.