Lawyer
Founder / Principal
Michael N Bergman, B.C.L., LL.B.
Michael N. Bergman is the founder and principal of Bergman & Associates, lawyers.
He is a veteran legal strategist, a tenacious negotiator, and a seasoned litigator. Going on forty years of law practice, he has pleaded before the trial and appellate Courts of Québec, Ontario, the trial and appellate Federal Courts, the Supreme Court of Canada, the United States District Court and diverse administrative bodies. Mr. Bergman has represented clients before official committees of the Parliament of Canada and the National Assembly of Québec. He has steered and coordinated international litigation between several countries.
Mr. Bergman has acted as legal negotiator in a variety of commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and financing arrangements. He has acted as legal advisor for global corporations in the engagement, discharge, and international movement of senior personnel.
Mr. Bergman graduated from Montreal’s McGill University Faculty of Law where he completed both the Civil Law program, Bachelor of Civil Law, in 1975, and the Common Law program in 1976, Bachelor of Laws. He is trained in both English common law and French civil law, which are not only the legal systems of Québec or English Canada, but are also the two principal legal systems in the rest of the world. He is a member of the Barreau du Québec (Bar of Québec), Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Lord Reading Law Society.
He has written many articles and opinion editorials, in English and French, which have appeared in such publications as the Montreal Gazette, La Presse, Le Devoir, Montreal Business Magazine, L’Économique, and various trade magazines.
Michael N. Bergman is called upon as a commentator, panelist, forum leader and guest speaker at diverse conferences.
Education
MCGILL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW
Bachelor of Civil Law, 1975
MCGILL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW
Common Law program, 1976
Lectureships & Related Academic Activity
Lecturer in Constitutional Law and Language Rights in Canada at the Faculty of Law, McGill University (2019 - present).
Lecturer in trial advocacy at the Faculty of Law, McGill University (1996-1998).
Lecturer in continuing legal education seminars certified by the Bar of Québec.
Prepared Québec French language courses for the Credit Institute of Canada.
Professional Participation
Member or was member of of diverse committees of the Bar of Montreal, including the Liaison Committee with the Superior Court of Québec, the Liaison Committee with the Court of Québec and special committee to study the draft English version of the proposed Québec Code of Civil Procedure, the liaison committee with the Federal Court.
Member of Board of Directors of Lord Reading Law Society.
Member of Sub-Committee of the advisory Committee on access to justice of the Federal Minister of Justice.
Past member of Board of Directors of the Court Challenges Program.
Treasurer and member of the Governing Council of the Bar of Montreal 2016-2017.
Appeared before Committees and Commissions, House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada, The National Assembly of Québec and the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission.
Founder and Honourary Life Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Information Clinic at McGill (McGill University).
Bar Membership
Québec, Ontario