​Samuel Bachand holds degrees from the Université de Montréal Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School. He has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 2011 and the Ontario Bar since 2012. In his professional practice, he specializes primarily in litigation, in the fields of municipal law, regulatory criminal law, administrative law and constitutional law. He also has significant experience in real estate law and contract drafting. Mr. Bachand has successfully advised and represented major corporations such as Hydro-Québec, Lafarge Canada, TELUS and Vidéotron. He has also acted for municipalities, Airports of Montréal and Airport Saint-Hubert-de-Longueuil, as well as environmental service companies, real estate developers, religious corporations and interest groups.

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He has appeared at trial and on appeal before all Quebec courts, as well as the Federal Court of Canada. Mr. Bachand has also represented clients before disciplinary and administrative bodies. He has drafted briefs and arguments presented to the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Quebec Superior Court, the National Assembly and the Senate of Canada. He has also acted as secretary and guest counsel for private inquiry committees. His varied experience in judicial and administrative litigation makes Mr. Bachand an excellent litigator, much appreciated by his clients.

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From 2012 to 2016, he was an instructor for the McGill University team in the Bora Laskin moot court competition in administrative and constitutional law. From 2012 to 2020, he taught the application of human rights charters, drafting and pleading techniques, and common law extra-contractual liability at Université de Montréal. In 2023, Mr. Bachand assisted an Alberta working committee composed of Mr. Preston Manning, Me John C. Major and Mr. Michel Kelly-Gagnon in their work on a proposed civil liberties reform for that province.

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