Douglas A. Sulman Professional Corporation

About Douglas A. Sulman Professional Corporation

Douglas A. Sulman Professional Corporation is a sole practice in Chatham, Ontario, incorporated in 2008 by lawyer Douglas Sulman. Sulman was called to the Ontario bar in 1980 and holds a Q.C. designation. Before setting up an independent practice, Sulman was a senior partner at Parion Raphael, a 36-lawyer firm with offices in Toronto, Windsor, Chatham, Leamington and Tilbury, from 1996 to 2008, and earlier headed the legal department at Union Gas Limited from 1985 to 1996, rising to Vice-President. The practice handles civil litigation, wills and estates, real estate, employment law and business transactions, and Sulman has appeared before the Ontario and National Energy Boards, the Ontario and Canadian Labour Boards, and all levels of provincial and federal court.

Sulman holds a BA in political science and an LL.B, both from the University of Western Ontario. Outside the practice, Sulman represented Chatham-Kent's Ward 6 on municipal council for four decades after first being elected to Chatham city council in 1982, retiring from council in 2022 as the last remaining member of the first council to serve the amalgamated municipality of Chatham-Kent. That civic record follows earlier generations of the same family: a great-grandfather served as a Chatham alderman in the 1890s before becoming mayor and a member of provincial parliament, and a grandfather was also a Chatham alderman who later became mayor.