Location
Hybrid of Virtual and In-Person, Quebec

Arbitrator’s Avaibility

The Honourable Joseph R. Nuss

The Honourable Joseph R. Nuss, C.M., K.C., Ad. E., FCIArb, is a domestic and international arbitrator and mediator with ADR Chambers.  His areas of expertise include commercial, real estate, construction, employment, shareholder and insurance disputes.

Mr. Nuss is a former Justice of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (the Court).  While a judge he acted as mediator within the framework of the innovative system of mediation established in the Court, which was a model for courts elsewhere in Canada and other jurisdictions.  Upon retirement from the Court, he joined Woods LLP as Senior Counsel concentrating his practice on acting as mediator and arbitrator.  He was named by order of the Superior Court of Quebec as Claims Officer “In the matter of the Plan of Compromise or Arrangement of AbitibiBowater Inc., et al.”

Prior to his appointment as a judge, Mr. Nuss was a prominent litigation lawyer who appeared as counsel in almost all areas of the law before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, all the Courts of Quebec and administrative tribunals.  He also participated in several Federal Commissions of Inquiry and received occasional calls to practice before the Courts in Ontario and the Cayman Islands.

Mr. Nuss received his law degree from McGill University. He afterwards attended the Institut Universitaire d’Études Européennes in Turin, Italy earning a Certificate of Higher European Studies.  Mr. Nuss is a King’s Counsel (K.C.) and an Avocat émérite (Ad. E.). He is a member of the Quebec Bar, the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Committee, and the Advocates’ Society. Mr. Nuss is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

From 2013 to 2024, he was a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. In 2019, Mr. Nuss was named a Member of the Order of Canada, and in 2002, he received the distinction of Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.  Mr. Nuss has given lectures on arbitration and mediation and has co-authored the chapter on arbitration in the annual LegisPratique: Code de procédure civile annoté.

Mr. Nuss is bilingual in English and French and is fluent in Italian.  He is available to arbitrate and mediate in-person, virtually or hybrid.

Services
Arbitration, Expedited Arbitration
Specialties

  • Commercial
  • Employment
  • Insurance
  • Other
  • Real Estate