Fraticelli Provost is moving and confirming their unification agreement with Langlois lawyers, LLP as of September 1, 2017.
Richard R. Provost is a partner in the Montréal office of Langlois lawyers. His practice is specialized in litigation in the areas of construction and insurance law as well as in professional and product liability. He has acted for clients at all trial and appellate levels as well as in arbitrations.
He has often been called upon to act as senior counsel in several important cases in his field of expertise and built a solid reputation, whether acting for plaintiff or as defence counsel, in complex matters. He brings a practical approach to all of his files and prefers mediation once the issues at stake are well defined.
Representative Work
Richard acted notably in the following matters:
– Montreal Olympic Stadium roof collapse;
– Collapse of Valley_eld lift bridge and consequential stay of Saint-Lawrence seaway
operation;
– Collapse of du Souvenir overpass in Laval, above highway 15 (6-lane highway);
– Collapse of Viger Tunnel (Ville-Marie expressway);
– Landslide destroying many homes and roads in City of La Baie;
– Avalanche in Kuujjuak destroying gymnasium;
– Numerous major commercial and institutional roof collapses;
– Landslide and closure of road and residential development in Gatineau;
– Manège Militaire (Québec) _re;
– Beauce Fiberglass manufacturing plant _re;
– Fire destroying 21-condo complex in Boisbriand;
– Trial related to more than 1000 properties affected by pyrrhotite in Trois-Rivières;
– Lac-Mégantic train derailment (class action suit $1.3B);
– Tobacco addiction litigation (class action suits $3.5B);
– Insider trading recourse (class action suit $3.4B US)
– Numerous representations for excess insurers in major litigations;
– Numerous litigations and arbitrations for multi-million dollar claims by specialized
mining, electrical and mechanical contractors;
– Acted as arbitrator in construction dispute.
Events
Sessional lecture at McGill University
Professional Associations
Canadian Bar Association (CBA): member of numerous committees and a long-standing
member of the CBA’s executive committee for its construction law section
The American Association for Justice
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The American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry
The American Bar Association-Dispute Resolution
The American Bar Association Tort and Insurance practice section
PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriting Society)
Education
LL.B./J.D. (Common Law), Ottawa University, 1983
LL.L. (cum laude), Ottawa University, 1982
B.sc. Economy, Ottawa University, 1978
Rankings & Recognitions
Panel counsel for more than a dozen insurers and Lloyd’s syndicates
Listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as first ranked lawyer and repeatedly recommended in the fields of insurance and construction law
Rated by Martindale-Hubbel as having “very high legal ability and ethical standards”in its peer review
Best in his jurisdiction by BEST
Areas of Practice
Banking Litigation
Class Actions
Commercial Litigation
Construction Insurance
Construction Law
Construction Risk
Directors & Officers Liability
Disciplinary and Professional Law
Environmental Law
Environmental Litigation
Insurance Compliance
Insurance Law
Insurance Litigation
Life Insurance
Litigation
Maritime Insurance
Product Liability
Product Risk
Professional Liability
Reinsurance
Transportation Liability
Industries
Construction
Manufacturing & Retail
Maritime
