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John Doherty is a partner in Gowlings' Waterloo Region office practising in civil litigation, with a focus on commercial and municipal litigation.

In his commercial litigation practice, John is an advocate before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court and Court of Appeal for Ontario. In addition, John's municipal litigation practice leads him to appear before municipal boards and councils, and a variety of administrative tribunals including the Ontario Municipal Board with a focus on municipal, planning and expropriation matters.

John has written and lectured on a variety of topics relating to the law of expropriation, including the annual case law update at the 2011 Ontario Expropriation Association Annual Conference and on Mediation in Expropriation Cases at the Ontario Municipal Board.  

John served as the managing partner of the Waterloo Region office and a member of the national executive committee of the firm from 1999 through 2009.