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Julie Mouris*

Partner

Julie brings strong analytical skills, creative arguments and meticulous preparation to each of her cases. She seeks to tell each client's story in a compelling way.

Bio

Julie has a fully bilingual civil litigation practice in commercial, public, and administrative law. She is passionate about effectively advancing her clients’ rights, both inside and outside the courtroom. Julie has appeared at all levels of court and before several administrative tribunals, and excels at both the trial and appellate levels. She has experience in a variety of litigation matters, including in the areas of corporate governance, insurance coverage, defamation, employment, and sports-related disputes, as well as appeals, judicial reviews and complex regulatory disputes. Julie has acted for a wide range of clients, from individuals and board directors, to corporations, municipalities and regulatory entities. Beyond litigation, she also advises clients on regulatory compliance matters.

Julie is actively involved in the legal community. She regularly speaks at continuing professional development conferences. Furthering her passion for writing, Julie is currently the Deputy Editor for Advocacy Matters, a regular publication of The Advocates’ Society geared toward mid-career advocates. She is a member of the Mid-Career Advocates Standing Committee of The Advocates’ Society through which she contributes to various Committee initiatives. Julie is also committed to teaching and mentoring the next generation of lawyers. Since 2020, she has enjoyed teaching the practice of civil litigation to candidates in the French Law Practice Program of the Law Society of Ontario. She has acted as a judge at the Laskin and Exchequer Cup moot competitions which deal with public, administrative and constitutional law, and is currently a coach for the University of Ottawa (Common Law) Laskin Moot team.

Julie joined Conway after clerking for the Honourable Jocelyne Gagné, judge of the Federal Court of Canada.

Prior to her career in law, Julie worked with underprivileged children and vulnerable populations, honing her ability to help people face challenging situations with resilience.

Outside the firm, Julie enjoys competitive swimming, tennis, reading fiction and non-fiction in French and English, and puzzling over the Sunday crossword. Being from Edmonton, she remains an Oilers fan waiting for The Copper & Blue to return to their original glory.

*Julie Mouris Professional Corporation

Affiliations

  • The Advocates’ Society
  • AJEFO (L’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario)
  • County of Carleton Law Association
  • Law Society of Ontario

Professional Achievement and Community Involvement

  • 2020-Present | Co-Instructor (French) of Civil Litigation for Programme de pratique de droit, Law Society of Ontario
  • 2025-Present | Deputy Editor of Advocacy Matters, The Advocates’ Society’s publication for Mid-Career Advocates
  • 2025-Present | Member of The Advocates’ Society’s Mid-Career Advocates Standing Committee
  • 2025-Present | Co-Coach, Laskin Moot Team, University of Ottawa (Common Law)
  • 2025 | Judge for the Laskin Moot Competition, Montreal, QC
  • 2019-Present | Judge for the Exchequer Cup Moot Competition, Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal
  • 2024-2025 | Editor of Keeping Tabs, The Advocates’ Society’s publication for Young Advocates (Deputy Editor from 2023-2024)
  • 2023-2025 | Member of The Advocates’ Society’s Young Advocates Standing Committee
  • 2020-2022 | Board Member, Rockcliffe Lawn Tennis Club
  • 2017-2021 | Board Member, Young Professionals Advisory Board, Cornerstone Housing for Women

Publications

  • “Rapid Fire: Civil Appeals – The Year in Review 2025”, co-written for and co-presented at Law Society of Ontario, Civil Appeals – The Year in Review 2025, December 11, 2025, Toronto, ON
  • “Rapid Fire: Civil Appeals – The Year in Review 2024”, co-written for and co-presented at Law Society of Ontario, Civil Appeals – The Year in Review 2024, December 10, 2024, Toronto, ON
  • “Ontario Not-for-Profit Electoral Processes: ‘Law of the jungle’ or good governance?”, written for and presented at CCLA Solicitors’ Conference, May 9, 2025, Mont Tremblant, QC
  • Moderator, “Ottawa Courthouse Series: Credibility in Chief and Cross”, The Advocates’ Society, March 8, 2023, Ottawa, ON
  • “The Canadian competition authority closes its investigation into an alleged conspiracy by large media companies”, co-authored, Concurrences, January 7, 2021, online: https://www.concurrences.com/en/bulletin/news-issues/january-2021-en/the-canadian-competition-authority-closes-its-investigation-into-an-alleged
  • “A Junior Litigator’s Essential Checklist for Insurance Coverage Disputes”, The Advocates’ Society, Keeping Tabs, January 2021, online: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/65261135/keeping-tabs-winter-2021/11
  • “Canada’s first-ever site-blocking order: Bell Media Inc v GoldTV.Biz, 2019 FC 1432”, written for and presented at Ontario Bar Association’s “Litigation and the Internet – A Tangled Web!”, April 7, 2020, Toronto, ON
  • “Burwash v Levy et al, 2018 ONSC 682: The deemed undertaking rule & the ‘interest of justice’ exception”, written for and presented at 38th Annual CCLA Civil Litigation Conference, November 16, 2018, Mont Tremblant, QC. See Case Summary: Burwash v. Levy et al, 2018 ONSC 682”, 2018 CanLIIDocs 10770.“First wave of Ontario Court of Appeal rulings on anti-SLAPP legislation”, The Advocates’ Society, Keeping Tabs, October 2018, online: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/62178108/keeping-tabs-october-2018
  • “R v Comeau, 2018 SCC 15: On the meaning of section 121 of the Constitution Act, 1867”, written for and presented at Ontario Bar Association’s International Law Program, “Breaking Barriers in Internal Trade: What R v Comeau and the Changing CFTA mean for your client”, September 28, 2018, Toronto, ON
  • “Dealing with defamatory online business reviews in Ontario”, Ottawa Business Journal,
    April 2, 2018, online: https://obj.ca/article/dealing-defamatory-online-business-reviews-ontario
  • “Canada’s International Human Rights Obligations and the Tragedy of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women”, November 2014, 1 Windsor Rev Legal Soc Issues—Digital Companion 32,
    Vol. 1, Article 3, online: http://wrlsi.ca/2014/11/

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Languages

English | French

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