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James A. Woods

Address: 

Woods LLP
2000, McGill Collège
Suite 1700
MONTRÉAL, Québec Canada
H3A 3H3

Phone Number: 
514-982-4503
Fax Number: 
514-284-2046
Email: 
jwoods@woods.qc.ca
Born: 
Noranda, 1948
Languages: 
French English
Nationalities: 
Canadian
Education: 
McGill University, Faculty of Law - MacDonald Travelling Scholarship, Université d’Aix Marseille (Comparative Law), 1974-75
McGill University, Faculty of Law - B.C.L. (1973), LL.B. (1974), Benjamin Robinson Memorial Prize - 1st Place Standing, National Program, 1970-74
McGill University - B.A. Honours in Economics and Political Science, 1966-70
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
2013 - Discerned Advocatus Emeritus by the Quebec Bar
2013 - Member of the Barreau de Paris
2007 - Member of the Law Society of England and Wales
2006 - Member of the Law Society of Alberta
2006 - Member of the Law Society of British Columbia
1979 - Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada
1976 - Member of the Bar of Quebec
Present Position: 
Senior Partner, Woods LLP
Professional Associations: 

Member of the Quebec Bar, Canadian Bar, Law Society of Upper Canada, Law Society of British Columbia Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Bar Association, International Bar Association, American Arbitration Association, London Court of International Arbitration, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), Fellow of Defence and Corporate Counsel, Fellow of the Federation of Defence and Corporate Counsel, Fellow of the American Collège of Trial Lawyers, Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, member of the Canadian Commercial Arbitration Centre, member of the Diversity Law Institute and member of The Trial Law Institute.

Arbitration Experience: 

Mtre. Woods has acted as an Arbitrator either as President or Member of an Arbitration Tribunal in approximately twenty commercial arbitrations and he has acted as attorney in many commercial and international arbitrations, either ad hoc or I.C.C. He has been senior partner of the firm since 1976. A member of the bar in various Canadian provinces as well as the Law Society of England and Wales and the Paris bar, he is frequently named as one of the best lawyers in Canada.

Areas of Specialization: 
Civil & Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Many publications and conferences including: “The Application of Arbitration Agreements in the Context of Multi-Party Disputes” (1999) Volume III, Corporate Litigation 2