Kenora Lawyer Doug Keshen under investigation – CBC

Concerns raised by residential school claimants

CBC News has learned Doug Keshen and his law firm Keshen and Major are being investigated after complaints about the treatment of residential school survivors.

The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat launched the investigation into the Kenora law firm based on information provided by four residential school survivors in northern Ontario.

A spokesperson said the information provided by survivors raises various types of concerns “including, without limitation, that the Keshen firm may have provided loans directly to (residential school) claimants and/or facilitated loans with third party lenders (in some cases, with very high interest rates/administration fees) and then repaid loans/interest/administration fees directly from claimants…settlement proceeds.”