Marie-Pier Levesque

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BIO

Marie-Pier Levesque is a fluently bilingual associate at Cox & Palmer in Moncton. Her primary practice area is corporate & commercial law, which was always part of her trajectory – due to her entrepreneurial parents, and long-time passion for the business sector. Marie-Pier studied law at Université de Moncton where she graduated with a Juris Doctor in 2016.

Marie-Pier’s agility, persistence, and industry passion has lent itself to her a growing career and success thus far. She has worked on a wide-range of corporate law transactions with varying levels of complexity. Within her work in asset transactions, share transactions, commercial transactions and corporate reorganizations, Marie-Pier’s quiet confidence, makes her highly approachable, and her clients note feeling comfortable and well respected collaborating with her. Marie-Pier strives to adapt to every unique client’s situation and focuses on finding tailored, effective solutions.

Outside of the office, Marie-Pier enjoys her downtime traveling, cooking homemade meals, and hiking and enjoying the outdoors with her golden retriever Oliver.

Experience

Marie-Pier worked at the Human Rights Commission from 2013-2014.  She also completed a judicial internship at the New Brunswick Court of Appeal in her final year of her law degree.

BACKGROUND

Bar Admission

  • New Brunswick, 2017

Law School

  • Université de Moncton

Education

  • Université de Moncton

Activities Within Firm

  • When the Courts “Exclude” and Exclusionary Clause, Insurers Have a Duty to Defend, December 21, 2016, Marie-Pier Levesque and Michele Brown-Gellert.
  • Recent Developments in Judicial Review – Constitutional Challenges in Judicial Review Proceedings, February 3, 2017, CBA-NB MidWinter, Christian E. Michaud, Q.C and Marie-Pier Levesque.

Community & Volunteer Activities

  • Executive Member  – Board of Directors, Boys & Girls Club of Moncton (2018 – )
  • Member – Legislative Amendments Committee, New Brunswick SPCA (2019 – )

Law Society Memberships

  • Law Society of New Brunswick
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Association des juristes d'expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick

Languages

  • English
  • French