Gordon P. Acton

About Gordon

Gord serves as counsel to Wishart Law Firm, focusing on business problem solving and prevention, including asset acquisitions, financing, and sales for corporations, municipalities, educational institutions, hospitals, and non-profits. His work also covers creditor protection, insolvency work-outs and collection, and labour, employment, and contract matters. He's appeared before the Superior Court of Justice, the Federal Court of Canada, the Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Ontario Labour Relations Board, as well as before arbitrators and mediators. Gord belongs to the Canadian Bar Association, the Association of American Trial Lawyers, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, and the Advocate's Society, and he served two terms as a director of the Algoma District Law Association. He's a former racer with Canada's Alpine Ski Team and a former director of the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce, and he's fluent in English and French.