Graham Scott, Q.C.
Graham Scott is the managing partner of McMillan Binch Mendelsohn and partner-in-charge of the firm’s
public policy and government issues practice. He has extensive experience in governance in the voluntary
sector and in the assessment of boards and management teams in both the voluntary and private sectors.
Graham was born in Nova Scotia and received his law degree from the University of Western Ontario in
1966.
Following two years of law practice in Toronto, Graham served as executive assistant to the Leader of the
Opposition for Canada from 1970 to 1976. In 1976 he joined the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney-General and in
1977 he became Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Courts Administration and Inspector of Legal Offices. In 1978
he became Associate Secretary of the Cabinet and in 1979 Deputy Minister of Environment where he served until
late 1981 when he became Deputy Minister of Health. He joined McMillan Binch Mendelsohn as a partner in
January 1984 and has been managing partner since 2000.
