2015 – Me Giuseppe Battista
Mtre. Giuseppe Battista is a partner at the law firm Battista, Turcot, Isreal. He practices in the areas of criminal, penal and disciplinary law.
Mtre Battista received his law degree in 1985 from UQAM, Université du Québec in Montrealand was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1986.
Mtre Giuseppe Battista is the author of several conferences and training courses given at the provincial, national and international levels.
HIS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND DESIGNATIONS
In January 2006 he was registered on the list of counsel authorized to plead before the International Criminal Court. In September 2008, Mtre Battista was designated as a member of the team of prosecutors at the Oliphant Commission to investigate allegations about financial and business dealings between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honorable Brian Mulroney. In October 2009, he acted as Amicus curiae of Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, providing his legal opinion. In May 2010, Mtre Giuseppe Battista acted as Chief Prosecutor of the Bastarache Commission, commission of Inquiry into the Quebec Judicial Appointment Process.
HIS TITLES & MENTIONS
1995 Recipient of the Montreal Association of Defense Lawyers Award of Distinction in the case of R. v. Daviault, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 63
1998 Recipient of the Distinction Award(amonsgt other lawyers) from the Association des Avocats de la Défense de Montréal in the Maranda v. Canada (Royal Gendarmerie), [1997] J.Q. no 3730 case
2009 Title of, AD.E, lawyer emeritus awarded by the Barreau du Québec
2012 Recipient of the Léo-René Maranda Award from the Association of Defense Lawyers of Montreal
2014 Invited as a member to American College of Trial Lawyers
COMMITTEES AND ASSOCIATIONS
From 1993 to 1998, Mtre Giuseppe Battista acted as a member of the Montreal Bar Committee on the Administration of Justice. During that same period, he acted as a member of the council of the criminal section of the Quebec section of the Canadian Bar, member of the Criminal Law Committee of the Barreau du Québec, member of the Quebec delegation, as representative of the Barreau du Québec, at both conferences on the Harmonization of the Laws of Canada, held in Quebec, and in Ottawa.
From 1997 to 1998 Mtre Battista was a member of the team of prosecutors of the Poitras Commission, commission of Inquiry responsible for investigating the Sûreté du Québec.
From 2002 to 2003, he was co-chair of the Advance Team Ethics Committee for the creation of the BPI, International Criminal Bar and worked on the draft of its code of ethics.
From 2003 to 2005, Mtre Giuseppe Battista acted as co-chair of the BPI ethics committee at the general assembly held in Berlin, Germany.
In November 2005, he was elected in LaHaye on the advice of the International Criminal Bar, as representative of the Barreau du Québec. That same year Mtre Battista was appointed as a member of a sub-committee of the Canadian Judicial Council on the development of jury instructions.
Since 2002, Mtre Battista, has been a member of the International Association of Defense Lawyers and its vice-president and a member of the board of directors of the Association des Avocats de la Défense de Montréal.
Me Giuseppe Battista is the author of several conferences and training courses given at the provincial, national and international levels.