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Aboriginal Law - Lexpert Practice Area Definition

The First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other indigenous people (Aboriginal) law practice area is generally understood to encompass Aboriginal, Métis and Inuit treaty and other legal rights; comprehensive and specific land and property compensation claims; the duty to consult, treaty claims and interpretation; Aboriginal self-government; the fiduciary relationship between governments and Aboriginal peoples; claims to renewable and non-renewable natural resources; hunting, fishing and trapping rights; government relations; economic development; taxation; and various public policy issues.

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Lexpert - Ranked Lawyers and Law Firms - Aboriginal Law

Ontario

Toronto Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Consistently Recommended
Bennett Jones LLP
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
McMillan LLP

Toronto Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
Julie A. Abouchar - Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Adam Chamberlain - Gowling WLG
Mary Eberts - Law Office of Mary Eberts
Sandra A. Gogal - Miller Thomson LLP
William B. Henderson - William B. Henderson, Barrister & Solicitor
Frank Iacobucci - Torys LLP
Larry Innes - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Kate Kempton - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Nancy J. Kleer - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Murray Klippenstein - Murray Klippenstein, Barrister & Solicitor
Jason T. Madden - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
John A. Olthuis - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Robert K. (Bob) Rae - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
H.W. Roger Townshend - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Consistently Recommended
Cherie Brant - Dickinson Wright LLP
Julian N. Falconer - Falconers LLP
Katherine Hensel - Hensel Barristers
Lorraine Y. Land - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Renée Pelletier - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Robert J. Potts - Blaney McMurtry LLP
Colin J. Salter - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Christopher D. Bredt - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Jeff G. Cowan - WeirFoulds LLP
Nuri Frame - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Derek Ground - Derek Ground Law Office
Ben Jetten - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Randall Kahgee - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Richard J. King - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Oliver MacLaren - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
R. Alexander Monem - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Tracy A. Pratt - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Neal J. Smitheman - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
John A. Terry - Torys LLP
Maggie Wente - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP

Hamilton Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
Jaimie Lickers - Gowling WLG

Kenora Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
William J. Major - Major Sobiski Moffatt LLP

Mississauga Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Michael Sherry - Michael Sherry, Barrister & Solicitor

North Bay Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
Patrick M. Nadjiwan - Nadjiwan Law Office

Rama Leading Firms

Consistently Recommended
Nahwegahbow, Corbiere

Rama Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
David C. Nahwegahbow - Nahwegahbow, Corbiere
Consistently Recommended
Dianne G. Corbiere - Nahwegahbow, Corbiere

Ottawa Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
Gowling WLG

Ottawa Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
Brian A. Crane - Gowling WLG
Eugene Meehan - Supreme Advocacy LLP
Alan Pratt - Alan Pratt, Barrister & Solicitor
Consistently Recommended
Charles J. Birchall - Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
John Donihee - Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Guy Régimbald - Gowling WLG
Repeatedly Recommended
Graham Ragan - Gowling WLG
Cynthia A. Westaway - Westaway Law Group
Robert Winogron - Gowling WLG

Sioux Lookout Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Catherine M. Beamish - Beamish and Associates

Québec

Montréal Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
Dionne Schulze s.e.n.c.
Gowling WLG
Hutchins Legal Inc.
O'Reilly & Associés
Consistently Recommended
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Montréal Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
Peter W. Hutchins - Hutchins Legal Inc.
James A. O'Reilly - O'Reilly & Associés
Consistently Recommended
Ann Bigué - Dentons Canada LLP
Jean-Sébastien Clément - Gowling WLG
François Dandonneau - Gowling WLG
Paul Dionne - Dionne Schulze s.e.n.c.
John Hurley - Gowling WLG
Paul Joffe - Paul Joffe, Avocat
David Schulze - Dionne Schulze s.e.n.c.
Diane H. Soroka - Diane Soroka Barrister & Solicitor Inc.
Repeatedly Recommended
Nadir André - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Denis Blanchette - Gowling WLG
Jean Charest - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Anne Catherine Drost - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jean M. Gagné - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Mira Gauvin - Dentons Canada LLP
Franklin Gertler - Franklin Gertler Law Office
Pierre Langlois - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Sylvain Lussier - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Elisabeth Patterson - Dionne Schulze s.e.n.c.
Robert A. Pratt - Robert A. Pratt, Avocat
Matthew Sherrard - Gowling WLG
Sam Silverstone - Silverstone, Larivière, Dorval, Godin

Québec City Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
Pierre-Christian Labeau - Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Jean-François Bertrand - Jean-François Bertrand avocats inc

British Columbia

Vancouver Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
Lawson Lundell LLP
Mandell Pinder
Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Ratcliff & Company LLP
Consistently Recommended
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Donovan & Company
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Gowling WLG
Grant Huberman Barristers & Solicitors
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Boughton Law Corporation
Callison & Hanna
Miller Thomson LLP

Vancouver Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
J.R. Aldridge - Aldridge & Rosling
Joseph J. Arvay - Arvay Finlay LLP
C. Allan Donovan - Donovan & Company
Peter R. Grant - Grant Huberman Barristers & Solicitors
Thomas Isaac - Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Louise Mandell - Mandell Pinder
Gregory J. McDade - Ratcliff & Company LLP
Jean Teillet - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Consistently Recommended
Merle C. Alexander - Miller Titerle + Company
Keith B. Bergner - Lawson Lundell LLP
Douglas R. Eyford - Eyford Macaulay Shaw & Padmanabhan LLP
Maxime Faille - Gowling WLG
Patrick G. Foy - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
F. Matthew Kirchner - Ratcliff & Company LLP
Rosanne M. Kyle - Mandell Pinder
Bruce McIvor - First Peoples Law
Repeatedly Recommended
Brad Armstrong - Lawson Lundell LLP
Waldemar Braul - Gowling WLG
Karin E. Buss - Boughton Law Corporation
David K. Camp - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Paul R. Cassidy - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Radha D. Curpen - Bennett Jones LLP
Tim Dickson - JFK Law Corporation
John A. Doolan - Miller Thomson LLP
Brenda Gaertner - Mandell Pinder
Robin M. Junger - McMillan LLP
David C. Knoll - Knoll & Co. Law Corporation
Mary Locke Macaulay - Mandell Pinder
Roy Millen - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Robert Miller - Miller Titerle + Company
Nancy A. Morgan - Morgan & Associates
Kevin O'Callaghan - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Clarine Ostrove - Mandell Pinder
Geoff Plant - Gall Legge Grant Zwack LLP
Clifford G. Proudfoot - Lawson Lundell LLP
T. Murray Rankin - T. Murray Rankin, QC, Barrister & Solicitor
James I. Reynolds - Mandell Pinder
John R. Rich - Ratcliff & Company LLP
David Rosenberg - Rosenberg Kosakoski LLP
Merrill W. Shepard - Donovan & Company
Kenneth J. Tyler - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Mark G. Underhill - Arvay Finlay LLP
Charles F. Willms - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Victoria Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
JFK Law Corporation
Woodward & Company

Victoria Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
Christopher G. Devlin - Devlin Gailus Watson Law Corporation
Robert C. Freedman - JFK Law Corporation
Robert J.M. Janes - JFK Law Corporation
E. Jack Woodward - Woodward & Company
Consistently Recommended
Karey Brooks - JFK Law Corporation
John Gailus - Devlin Gailus Watson Law Corporation
Micha J. Menczer - Arbutus Law Group LLP
Jay Nelson - Woodward & Company
Repeatedly Recommended
Donald R. Colborne - D. R. Colborne, Barrister & Solicitor
Kathryn Deo - Arbutus Law Group LLP
Clayton D. Leonard - JFK Law Corporation
Eamon Murphy - Woodward & Company
Albert C. Peeling - Albert C. Peeling Law Corporation
Arne Peltz - Arne Peltz Law Corporation
Eric Woodhouse - JFK Law Corporation

Port Alberni Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
M. Hugh G. Braker - Braker & Company

Alberta

Calgary Leading Firms

Calgary Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
Sandy Carpenter - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Ron Maurice - Maurice Law
John M. Olynyk - Lawson Lundell LLP
L. Douglas Rae - Rae & Company
Repeatedly Recommended
Aldo P. Argento - Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Marie H. Buchinski - Bennett Jones LLP
Shawn H.T. Denstedt - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Peter D. Feldberg - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Bradley S. Gilmour - Bennett Jones LLP
Richard J. C. Grant - Gowling WLG
Brenden Hunter - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Clarke Hunter - Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
JoAnn P. Jamieson - McLennan Ross LLP
Maureen E. Killoran - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Shawn M. Munro - Bennett Jones LLP
Terri-Lee Oleniuk - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
W. Tibor Osvath - Rae & Company
Allisun T. Rana - Rana Law
Heather L. Treacy - DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

Edmonton Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
Ackroyd LLP
Consistently Recommended
MLT Aikins LLP

Edmonton Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
Jerome N. Slavik - Ackroyd LLP
Consistently Recommended
Meaghan M. Conroy - MLT Aikins LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Garry Appelt - Witten LLP
Daniel P. Carroll - Field Law
P. Jonathan Faulds - Field Law
Priscilla E.S. Kennedy - DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
William L. McElhanney - Ackroyd LLP
Teresa L. Meadows - Meadows Law
Edward H. Molstad - Parlee McLaws LLP
Marco S. Poretti - Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP
Richard C. Secord - Ackroyd LLP

Saskatchewan

Regina Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
MLT Aikins LLP

Regina Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Leonard D. Andrychuk - MLT Aikins LLP
W. Allan Brabant - Brabant and Company Law Office

Saskatoon Leading Firms

Consistently Recommended
MLT Aikins LLP

Saskatoon Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
W. Thomas Molloy - Molloy Negotiations
Donald E. Worme - Semaganis Worme - Indigenous Law Group
Repeatedly Recommended
Rangi G. Jeerakathil - MLT Aikins LLP
James S. Kerby - James Kerby Law Consulting Professional Corporation
Stephen M. Pillipow - Stephen M. Pillipow Legal P.C. Ltd. / SMP Law LLP

Manitoba

Winnipeg Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Robert J.M. Adkins - Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Norman Boudreau - Boudreau Law
Neil J. Duboff - Duboff Edwards Haight & Schachter
Kimberley Gilson - Duboff Edwards Haight & Schachter
Jeffrey F. Harris - Myers LLP
Jack R. London - Pitblado LLP
Howard L. Morry - Pitblado LLP
Sacha R. Paul - Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
William G. (Bill) Percy - Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Harley I. Schachter - Duboff Edwards Haight & Schachter

New Brunswick

Fredericton Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Michael Connors - Connors Stilwell

Saint John Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Matthew T. Hayes - McInnes Cooper

Nova Scotia

Halifax Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
Burchells LLP

Halifax Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
D. Bruce Clarke - Burchells LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Stuart C.B. Gilby - Burchells LLP

Truro Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
Bruce H. Wildsmith - Bruce H. Wildsmith, Barrister & Solicitor

Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
McInnes Cooper

St. John's Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Denis J. Mahoney - McInnes Cooper
Adrienne Mercer - McInnes Cooper
Daniel W. Simmons - McInnes Cooper

Conne River Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Judy A. White - McDonald, White

Yukon

Whitehorse Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Stephen Walsh - Stephen Walsh, Barrister & Solicitor