Me Dominic Jaar

E-discovery and legal technology expert, Dominic Jaar is a legal counsel at Ledjit,
Canada’s unique firm specializing in legal technology, information management,
e-discovery and law practice management (www.linkedin.com/in/dominicjaar).
He speaks throughout North America (www.ledjit.com/conferences/) and is a prolific
writer on many legal and technology issues. He is frequently quoted in the press as an
expert on electronic information (www.claimid.com/dominicjaar).
Mr. Jaar is on the editorial board of Sedona Canada and was in charge of drafting
the French version of The Sedona Canada Principles on E-discovery. He is also a
member of The Sedona Conference’s working groups 1 (USA) and 6 (International).
Mr. Jaar is the co-president of the Montreal Bar Association Technology Advisory
Liaison Committee with the Quebec courts and is the president of the Law Practice
Management and Technology section of the Canadian Bar Association. He is on the
ABA Techshow planning board and is a board member of the Canadian IT Association
(www.it-can.ca). Furthermore, Mr Jaar is the founder and organizer of Leg@l.IT,
Canada’s premier conference on legal technologies (www.legalit.ca).
Prior to founding Ledjit, Dominic Jaar worked as a commercial litigator at Bell
Canada’s legal department. Besides pleading cases for Bell, he advised his clients on
electronic discovery, electronic information management, compliance and retention
policies. Prior to moving in-house, Mr. Jaar worked as a commercial litigator at Borden
Ladner Gervais where he specialised in technology related matters. He is a member
of the Quebec Bar. He graduated from Laval University after studying at Western
University (Common Law) and Aix-Marseille III (International and European Law).

• Electronic Discovery
• General Civil
• Information Technology Law
• Litigation

Quebec

Since 2001