Jodie Primeau

Jodie Primeau

Jodie earned her LL.B. from the University of Ottawa was called to the Ontario Bar in June 2010 after her articles at Webber Schroeder Goldstein Abergel.

Jodie’s passion for criminal defence began before law school, when she began volunteering with the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa and the Circles of Support and Accountability in Ottawa. In law school, Jodie was on the executive of the Criminal Law Students Association and was a Division Leader in the criminal division at the uOttawa Community Legal Clinic where she represented clients facing criminal and provincial offences. After working at the Legal Clinic in the summer of 2008, Jodie began working part-time at Webber Schroeder Goldstein Abergel while completing her final year of law school. She then went on to article with the firm in 2009 following her graduation.

Jodie worked with the same firm after her articles until her move to Kingston in 2011. In Kingston, she expanded her criminal practice to also work in the Kingston Penitentiary, Millhaven Penitentiary, Frontenac Penitentiary and Joyceville Penitentiary representing inmates charges with Criminal Code offences and offences under the Correctional and Conditional Release Act. In 2013, Jodie accepted a position at Queen’s Law Clinics where she co-taught Clinical Litigation and mentored and supervised law students. Jodie was also elected to the Board of the Elizabeth Fry Society. Bringing together the two organizations, Jodie founded the Bail Support Program which worked toward the de-incarceration of female accused persons on remand in custody.

Jodie has been practicing law for 15 years. She has represented clients charged with drug offences, sexual offences, assaults, impaired driving and “over 80,” robbery, weapons offences, theft and fraud, among others, and has also assisted senior counsel representing clients charged with murder. She has experience assisting clients in Youth Court and the Mental Health Court. Jodie brings her experience and dedication to each client file and diligently defends all of her clients.

Outside of work, Jodie competed in the Canadian Triathlon Team as an age group Triathlete at the World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam, 2017. Jodie gives keynote speeches and conference seminars on the role of Women in Business and the Law, has appeared on several podcasts and in Canadian Lawyer Magazine.

Jodie is a member of a number of legal and community organizations including the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, the Renfrew County Law Association, the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa, Toastmasters International, Ironstride Triathlon Team, the Canadian Trriathlon Team, and the Deep River Players.

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