Lucie Boulet. Source: Photo provided by the Me family Lucie Boulet died at the age of 63.
At the age of 25, Lucie Boulet, married with two children, decided to go back to study to become a lawyer. She earned her bachelor’s degree in law from Laval University.
After qualifying as a lawyer, Me Lucie Boulet specialized in family law in Quebec. She worked with the lawyer Murielle Drapeau for twenty years, notably at the law firm Boulet Drapeau Avocates. “I had the privilege of having Lucie as a partner,” welcomes Me Murielle flag.
“I gave him my family law files. I found it difficult, but Lucie had the expertise and psychological ability to take domestic violence cases to the extreme… Sometimes I told her: Don’t accept this, it’s overwhelming! But she took them because she wanted to help. »
Me Drapeau describes Lucie Boulet as “a generous, warm, very smiling person” and a lawyer who was “interested in defending her clients well”.
Murielle Drapeau remembers the two lawyers giggling together. “My best practice moments are the ones I shared with her,” she emphasizes. “She came to the office every day with a big smile. »
In 2016, Me Lucie Boulet joined the boutique firm RPG Avocats. “I’ve known Lucie for years. I had files in which she represented the opposing party. “We had a good professional relationship,” remembers Herr Richard Philippe Guay.
Me Guay praises a lawyer who has “always looked for win-win solutions in the interests of the children” before describing: “I have seen Lucie reject files because she believed that the client’s requests were not acceptable would work. in the interests of the children.
“Lucie Boulet has shown great professional rigor,” continues Me Guay. “She taught me to manage my files well and arrange them in a perfect order to make the file easier to understand.”
It is also the attention and empathy that Me Boulet shows that sets the lawyer apart. “It was a privilege to work with her five days a week and to have her as a mentor who could ask us questions we never would have thought of,” says Richard Philippe Guay.
In July 2021, Lucie Boulet was diagnosed with brain cancer after an illness. She has to retire but is fighting the illness with all her might. His battle lasted two years before the inevitable won.
Lucie Boulet loved traveling and photography and especially her two daughters and five grandchildren.
Messages of condolence on the obituary page pay tribute to the brilliant and determined lawyer. “It is with great sadness that I learn of the death of such a loved one. The legal community active in family law is losing an ambassador. Always in a good mood, she will be irreplaceable. An inspiring person for young people of my generation. “, write me Martin Lapierre.
“During my work as a lawyer I had the opportunity to meet Me Boulet several times. She was always in a good mood and represented her clients with passion. “It was another pleasure for me to talk to her and even plead,” says the ex-lawyer Michael Patry.
“It is with sadness that I learn of Lucie’s sudden departure. As classmates and later on the steps of the palace, we shared our passion for justice,” Mr. noted for his part. Denis Richard.
Lucie Boulet leaves to mourn her husband Jean Claude Brienhis two daughters and his five grandchildren.