Hacker Gignac Rice, Orillia, ON

HGR was formed in 1981 with the three partners having backgrounds in three separate local law firms. Fred Hacker practiced law in partnership with Douglas Haig, Q.C. John Gignac was a partner in the Teskey, Heacock, Ferguson and Gignac firm and Greg Rice was in partnership with John M. Gammell. Doug Haig went on to be the area director of Legal Aid for Simcoe County, Mr. Justice Gordon Teskey became a Justice of the Tax Court of Canada and His Honor Judge John Gammell became a Judge of the Provincial Court, Family Division. Doug Haig began his practice in 1955 in partnership with Charles E. Onley who subsequently became the city solicitor for North York. John Gammell began his practice in Midland in 1960 when he assumed the practice of the late George Dudley. Mr. Dudley, a Midland native, had practiced law in Midland since the 1920s when he joined the firm of William Finlayson, K.C. Mr.