Doug has been an Adjunct Professor and Director of Community Legal Services at Western University’s law school since 2003. Prior to that he spent 20 years in private practice as a partner with the London firm of Bitz, Szemenyei, Ferguson & MacKenzie (now Szemenyei MacKenzie). His practice consisted of civil litigation, wills and estates, and tax law, including acting as a federal Crown for the Canada Revenue Agency. He has also served his local and national communities in various capacities, including as President of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2008-09 and as inaugural president of the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education, which he helped to found.