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Indigenous Law - Lexpert Practice Area Definition

The First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Indigenous people 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 - Indigenous Law

Ontario

Toronto Leading Firms

Most Frequently Recommended
Gowling WLG
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
Bryce Edwards - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
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
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
Maggie Wente - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Consistently Recommended
Julian N. Falconer - Falconers LLP
Nuri Frame - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Derek Ground - Derek Ground Law Office
Murray Klippenstein - Murray Klippenstein, Barrister & Solicitor
Lorraine Y. Land - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
R. Alexander Monem - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Jessica Orkin - Goldblatt Partners LLP
Renée Pelletier - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Colin J. Salter - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Cherie Brant - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Christopher D. Bredt - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Jeff G. Cowan - WeirFoulds LLP
Bryn Gray - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Katherine Hensel - Hensel Barristers
Ben Jetten - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Randall Kahgee - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Richard J. King - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Senwung F. Luk - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Oliver MacLaren - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Alexandria (Alex) Pike - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Robert J. Potts - Blaney McMurtry LLP
Sarah V. Powell - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Tracy A. Pratt - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Neal J. Smitheman - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Michael D. Templeton - McMillan LLP
John A. Terry - Torys 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

Most Frequently 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
John Donihee - Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Cynthia A. Westaway - Westaway Law Group
Repeatedly Recommended
Charles J. Birchall - Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Jeremy Bouchard - Gowling WLG
Guy Régimbald - Gowling WLG
Robert Winogron - Gowling WLG

Pikwakanagan Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
Candice Sue Metallic - Maurice Law

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
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin 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
Catherine Fagan - Arbutus Law Group LLP
John Hurley - Gowling WLG
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
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
Marc-Alexandre Hudon - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Jameela Jeeroburkhan - Dionne Schulze s.e.n.c.
Paul Joffe - Paul Joffe, Avocat
Pierre Langlois - McCarthy Tétrault 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
René Dussault - René Dussault, Barrister & Solicitor

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
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
McMillan LLP
Miller Thomson LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Vancouver Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
J.R. Aldridge - Aldridge & Rosling
Merle C. Alexander - Miller Titerle + Company
Joseph J. Arvay - Arvay Finlay LLP
Keith B. Bergner - Lawson Lundell LLP
C. Allan Donovan - Donovan & Company
Maxime Faille - Gowling WLG
Peter R. Grant - Grant Huberman Barristers & Solicitors
Thomas Isaac - Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
F. Matthew Kirchner - Ratcliff & Company LLP
Rosanne M. Kyle - Mandell Pinder
Louise Mandell - Mandell Pinder
Gregory J. McDade - Ratcliff & Company LLP
Bruce McIvor - First Peoples Law
Jean Teillet - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Consistently Recommended
Aaron Bruce - Ratcliff & Company LLP
Patrick G. Foy - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Clarine Ostrove - Mandell Pinder
Repeatedly Recommended
Samuel W.C. Adkins - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Brad Armstrong - Lawson Lundell LLP
Waldemar Braul - Gowling WLG
David W. Bursey - Bennett Jones LLP
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
Douglas R. Eyford - Eyford Partners LLP
Brenda Gaertner - Mandell Pinder
Darwin I. Hanna - Callison & Hanna
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
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 Law
Margaret D. Rosling - Aldridge & Rosling
Paul Seaman - Gowling WLG
Cheryl Y. Sharvit - Mandell Pinder
Merrill W. Shepard - Donovan & Company
Scott A. Smith - Gowling WLG
Mark G. Underhill - Arvay Finlay LLP
Charles F. Willms - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Delta Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Tina L. Dion - Tina L. Dion, Barrister & Solicitor

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
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
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

Campbell River Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
E. Jack Woodward - E.J. Woodward Law Corporation

Port Alberni Leading Practitioners

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

Alberta

Calgary Leading Firms

Calgary Leading Practitioners

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
Keltie Lambert - Witten LLP
William L. McElhanney - Ackroyd LLP
Edward H. Molstad - Parlee McLaws LLP
David C. Rolf - MLT Aikins 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
Douglas A. Racine - Stonechild & Racine - Aboriginal Law Group

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
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
Colm St. Roch Seviour - Stewart McKelvey
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