Gemmill, Johnston & Jeffries PC

About Gemmill, Johnston & Jeffries PC

Gemmill, Johnston & Jeffries PC is a full-service law firm in Lindsay, Ontario, the seat of the City of Kawartha Lakes. Its roots go back to 1949, when it opened as Cunningham, Thomson and Thomson. The name changed several times over the following decades: it became Thomson, Scott and Logan in 1974, after lawyers David M. Thomson and David H. Logan were appointed to the Ontario Superior Court, then Glass, Farn and Reynolds in 1997, and later Gemmill, Farn and Reynolds. In 2019 the firm merged with Johnston & Johnston LLP to form its current name, Gemmill, Johnston & Jeffries PC. It describes itself as the longest-established law firm in the region.

The firm now practises family law, real estate, wills and estate planning, corporate law, criminal defence, and civil litigation from its office on Albert Street North in downtown Lindsay. It doesn't run personal injury cases in house; instead it refers those claims to partner firms that specialize in the area. Its four lawyers trained at law schools in Ontario, Australia, and England, and between them they cover the kind of general practice work a regional centre like Lindsay needs, from real estate closings and estate planning to family and criminal court appearances.