Jim Lawson

James J. Lawson is Chief Executive Officer of Woodbine Entertainment Group, a businessman and lawyer. Lawson was appointed CEO of Woodbine Entertainment in 2015.
Lawson was formerly the Chair of the Board of Governors for the Canadian Football League. Lawson has served twice as interim Commissioner of the Canadian Football League. Lawson stepped down as Chair after the 2019 CFL season.
He has been a partner at Torys LLP and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP and has served as a director of Algoma Steel, Zargon Energy Trust, Countryside Power Income Fund and Sleep Country Canada.
In 1978, Lawson, while playing for Brown University, was drafted into the National Hockey League by the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL Amateur Draft. From 1979 to 1982, he played three professional seasons for the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, the Canadiens' affiliate in the American Hockey League. During this time, he also played with the International Hockey League's Flint Generals. He then spent two seasons with Flamborough of Ontario's Senior A League.
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