Cezanne Charlebois / Practice Leader

Cézanne is a lawyer who practices exclusively in management-side WSIB and OHS law. She regularly saves her clients hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation costs while helping them manage their employment law risks and reduce their occupational health and safety liabilities.

Cézanne acts for employers, owners of construction companies and supervisors charged under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and represents employers in all areas of claims management, and conducts appeals under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.

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Qualifications

Cézanne has been a member of the Bar of Ontario since 2006. In addition to her law degree from the University of Windsor, she also earned both Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Sociology from the same institution and has also obtained a certificate in criminology and criminal justice. Her sociology training and her legal expertise combine to produce a rare skill set that helps employers in the critical areas of prevention and risk reduction, especially in matters involving disabilities or injuries in the workplace.

Cézanne is a member in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Middlesex Law Association and the Essex Law Association. She has also served as a probation and parole officer for the Ministry of Correctional Services and as a sessional instructor at her alma mater in law and society, criminology, and penology.

Community Activity

Cézanne is passionately committed to giving back to the community. She has been an active volunteer in many capacities in both Windsor and London: she has volunteered for Earth Day and the Green Ribbon campaign, and she created a Street Smarts program to help children prevent physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Cézanne contributes a portion of all revenue received from her training courses to a charitable cause.

Cézanne's goal is that one day, Charlebois Associates will maintain a thriving pro bono department that can provide greater access to clients who cannot afford to pay for the legal services they need.

Personal Information

Cézanne has been married for 25 years. She and her husband have three amazing and active sons: Benjamin, Alan, and Jordon, whom she raised while completing her law degree. Because of her passion for continuous growth and change, she was in the unique position of attending University for her third (and hopefully final) University degree with her eldest son. She was a competitive equestrian rider for many years and is now a spinning enthusiast, who would love to do some Kayaking once in a while.

Cézanne loves to socialize and enjoys an occasional drink of red wine (her friends are laughing). Perhaps the only thing she has not conquered is languages: despite her name, Cézanne admits to not being able to speak a word of the lovely French language!