Doug is consistently recognized by his own colleagues through directories such as Best Lawyers and Lexpert for his services in Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, and Bet the Company Litigation.
Memberships and Associations
- Charter Member Emeritus, Insolvency Institute of Canada
- Sessional Lecturer, Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Manitoba
- Founding Member, Hecla Island Advocacy College
- Sessional Lecturer, University of Manitoba Law School, 2010 – 2015
Honours and Awards
- Canada's Top 50 Lawyers - Bankruptcy Law - Manitoba - 2023
- Recognized as Winnipeg’s “Lawyer of the Year” for 2020 and in 2012 in the area of Insolvency and Financial Restructuring Law by The Best Lawyers® in Canada (Woodward/White)
- Listed in Benchmark Canada 2016 Report as a Litigation Star for General Commercial, Insolvency, Product Liability
- Recognized as a Lifetime Member by the Worldwide Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs, 2015
- Listed in Best Lawyers® as one of Canada’s top lawyers for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring
- Listed in Martindale-Hubbell as a 5 star attorney – the highest ranking possible
- Listed by Lexpert® Magazine and the Financial Post as one of Canada’s top lawyers
- Former Editor of Headnotes and Footnotes, a monthly newsletter published by the Manitoba Bar Association
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, inducted in 2005
- Queen’s Counsel Manitoba, 1997
- Life Bencher, 1994 Law Society of Manitoba
Education
- Admitted to the Manitoba Bar, 1970
- LL.B., University of Manitoba, 1969
- B.A., Carleton University, 1966
Contact info:
ward@pitblado.com
204-956-3534