Doug Lewis’ practice includes Corporate and Commercial, Estates and Immigration Law.

Doug is one of the few lawyers in Ontario who is also a Chartered Accountant. This background is invaluable to him in corporate and commercial law.

Doug presently serves as a director of Guyana Precious Metals Inc. which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and as a director of the State Bank of India (Canada)

Involvement in community affairs has always been a big part of Doug’s life. From 2001 to 2006 Doug was a member of the Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Foundation Board and chaired the successful campaign to raise $12 Million for the addition and renovation of the hospital. He is the only person to be recognized as Orillia’s Citizen of the year twice, in 1972 and 2002.

Doug served as the Member of Parliament for Simcoe North from 1979 to 1993. During that time he also served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as Government House Leader, Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Justice, Minister of Transport, and Solicitor General.

Doug was the Chair of the Federal Government Panel on Railway Safety in Canada during 2007. Many of the recommendations of the Panel were adopted as law by the government. He is currently the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Ministry of the Attorney General. He also served as a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada from 2007 to 2011.