50 Queen St N, Suite 1020, PO Box 2248, Kitchener, ON
Year called to bar: 1984 (ON)
John Doherty is a partner in Gowling WLG's Waterloo Region office, leader of the firm’s national Expropriation Law Group and a member of the firm’s national Municipal Law Group. His practice concentrates on municipal and commercial litigation. In his commercial litigation practice, John is an advocate before all levels of Ontario courts including the Court of Appeal. His municipal litigation practice leads him to appear before municipal boards and councils and a variety of administrative tribunals, including the Ontario Land Tribunal. John acts for municipalities as well as property owners, tenants and business owners with respect to planning, zoning and expropriation matters involving land development and public project/land acquisitions. John has written and lectured on a variety of topics relating to expropriation. He is a past chair and a past member of the board of directors of the Ontario Expropriation Association, where he chaired the Legislative Reform Committee. A past managing partner of his office, John was a member of the firm’s national Executive Committee from 1999 to 2009. He has been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and in 2022, John was recognized by Best Lawyers as the Municipal Law “Lawyer of the Year” in the Waterloo Region.
