About Russell, Christie, LLP

Russell, Christie, LLP is a law firm in Orillia, Ontario, with four lawyers on staff. The practice traces back to a law office its founder opened in the city in 1960, after seven years of practising in Toronto. Doug Christie joined the practice in 1973, and the firm is now known as Russell, Christie, LLP.

The firm concentrates on municipal law and civil litigation, and also handles wills, estates and powers of attorney. Its municipal law group advises municipal clients spread across central and northern Ontario, alongside landowners, developers and public interest groups, on matters that range from planning and development to by-law enforcement and environmental legislation. Its litigators appear before all levels of trial and appellate court in Ontario and before various administrative tribunals. The firm describes its wills and estates department as drawing on more than 100 years of combined experience among its lawyers.

In the community

  • The firm's founder was an active member of the Rotary Club of Orillia for more than 50 years, was later honoured by the club for that service, and helped bring community projects such as the Rotary Aqua Theatre to the city.
  • Firm lawyers have served on the boards of local charities including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orillia and District, Elizabeth Overend Non-Profit Housing Inc. and Helping Hands Orillia, and one partner has been Treasurer of the Orillia Law Association since 2006.
  • One of the firm's lawyers has been an instructor for the Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Law Course and a guest speaker for the Ontario Association of Committees of Adjustment.

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Where to find them

505 Memorial Avenue, P.O. Box 158, Orillia, ON L3V 6J3 · 705-325-1326

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