McHugh Whitmore LLP law firm was established in 1975 by Michael James McHugh, along with Bruce Mowat. Shortly after that, Michael was joined by Robert Whitmore. Michael and Robert went on to become respected members of the Hamilton legal community, Michael as a Corporate-Commercial solicitor and Robert as a litigator. Amongst their other accomplishments, Robert would go on to become President of the Hamilton Law Association and, more recently in 2018, Michael received the Hamilton Law Association’s Distinguished Solicitor Award.