Claude Desmeules

Claude is one of the founding partners of our affiliated office in Quebec, Siskinds Desmeules.

Claude graduated from the faculty of law of Laval University where he obtained an LL.B. in 1990. He was called to the bar in 1991.

He practices mainly in the areas of professional liability and class actions.

Claude was named by LawDragon as one of the 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers for 2024. Claude has also been selected on many occasions on the list of Best Lawyers in Canada for class action litigation and was a member of the Quebec Bar committee on class actions until 2011. He has also spoken at several conferences in the areas of professional liability and class actions.

Claude supports the cause of homeless animals. He contributes and volunteers in a cat shelter, Adoption Chats Sans Abri, to give a second chance to abandoned cats.

He is also an experienced tennis player, junior champion of Québec in singles & doubles (1985), in addition to being a member of the Canadian junior tennis team (1985 and 1986).

Member of the Québec Bar

Claude Desmeules has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in Canada 2008 to 2025.

Named to The Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers, in 2024 and 2025

Fonds d’assurance-responsabilité professionnelle de la Chambre des notaires du Québec

• National Conference on Class Actions