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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

Toronto Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently Recommended
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
Sara Mainville - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
John A. Olthuis - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Renée Pelletier - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Robert K. (Bob) Rae - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Colin J. Salter - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
H.W. Roger Townshend - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Maggie Wente - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Consistently Recommended
Julie A. Abouchar - Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Cherie Brant - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Julian N. Falconer - Falconers LLP
Nuri Frame - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Katherine Hensel - Hensel Barristers
Murray Klippenstein - Murray Klippenstein, Barrister & Solicitor
Senwung F. Luk - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
R. Alexander Monem - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Jessica Orkin - Goldblatt Partners LLP
Sarah V. Powell - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Repeatedly Recommended
Christopher D. Bredt - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Jeff G. Cowan - WeirFoulds LLP
Brian J. Gover - Stockwoods LLP
Bryn Gray - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Derek Ground - Derek Ground Law Office
Cathy Guirguis - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Ben Jetten - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Randall Kahgee - Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Richard J. King - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Gary F. Kissack - Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Lorraine Y. Land - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Oliver MacLaren - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Matthew J. McPherson - Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP
Timothy J. Murphy - McMillan LLP
Alexandria (Alex) Pike - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Robert J. Potts - Blaney McMurtry LLP
Tracy A. Pratt - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
John Rowinski - Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Neal J. Smitheman - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
John A. Terry - Torys LLP

Hamilton Leading Practitioners

Most Frequently 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
Dianne G. Corbiere - Nahwegahbow, Corbiere
David C. Nahwegahbow - 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
Consistently Recommended
Charles J. Birchall - Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
John Donihee - Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Alan Pratt - Alan Pratt, Barrister & Solicitor
Cynthia A. Westaway - Westaway Law Group
Repeatedly Recommended
Jeremy Bouchard - Gowling WLG
Cam Cameron - Gowling WLG
Graham Ragan - 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
Repeatedly Recommended
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
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
Catherine Fagan - Arbutus Law Group LLP
Mira Gauvin - Dentons Canada LLP
John Hurley - Gowling WLG
Charles Kazaz - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
David Schulze - Dionne Schulze s.e.n.c.
Diane H. Soroka - Diane Soroka Barrister & Solicitor Inc.
Repeatedly Recommended
Nadir André - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Denis Blanchette - Gowling WLG
Jean Charest - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Anne Drost - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Franklin Gertler - Franklin Gertler Law Office
Yvan Houle - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Marc-Alexandre Hudon - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Jameela Jeeroburkhan - Dionne Schulze s.e.n.c.
Paul Joffe - Paul Joffe, Avocat
Pierre Langlois - McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Eric Maldoff - Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon, L.L.P.
Frank Mariage - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Elisabeth Patterson - Dionne Schulze s.e.n.c.
Robert A. Pratt - Robert A. Pratt, Avocat
Matthew Sherrard - Gowling WLG

Kahnawake Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
Marie-Christine Gagnon - Marie-Christine Gagnon, Avocate

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 (BLG)
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Donovan & Company
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Miller Thomson LLP
Peter Grant Law
Repeatedly Recommended
Boughton Law Corporation
Callison & Hanna
McMillan 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 - Peter Grant Law
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
Samuel W.C. Adkins - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Douglas R. Eyford - Eyford Partners LLP
Patrick G. Foy - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Robert Miller - Miller Titerle + Company
Kevin O'Callaghan - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Clarine Ostrove - Mandell Pinder
Repeatedly Recommended
Kai Alderson - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Brad Armstrong - Lawson Lundell LLP
Daniel R. Bennett - Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Kate M. Blomfield - Ratcliff & Company LLP
Waldemar Braul - Gowling WLG
Aaron Bruce - Ratcliff & Company LLP
George D. Burke - Burke, Dos Remedios Law Corporation
David W. Bursey - Bennett Jones LLP
Karin E. Buss - Boughton Law Corporation
David K. Camp - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
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
Jennifer Griffith - Donovan & Company
Jeffrey N. Huberman - Huberman Law Group
Robin M. Junger - McMillan LLP
Maureen E. Killoran - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Joanne R. Lysyk - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Mary Locke Macaulay - Mandell Pinder
William S. (Bill) Maclagan - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Nancy A. Morgan - Morgan & Associates
David R. Paterson - David Paterson Law Corp.
Geoff Plant - Gall Legge Grant Zwack LLP
Clifford G. Proudfoot - Lawson Lundell LLP
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
Karl P. Stephan - Ratcliff & Company LLP
Mark G. Underhill - Arvay Finlay LLP
Rick L. Williams - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
G.G. Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson - White Raven Law Corporation
Charles F. Willms - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Paul C. Wilson - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Gary R. Yabsley - Ratcliff & Company LLP
Leading Lawyers to Watch
Tamara R. Napoleon - Miller Titerle + Company

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
T. Murray Rankin - Arvay Finlay LLP
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
Leading Lawyers to Watch
Jeffrey Langlois - JFK Law Corporation

Campbell River Leading Practitioners

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

Alberta

Calgary Leading Firms

Calgary Leading Practitioners

Consistently Recommended
Shawn H.T. Denstedt - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Ron Maurice - Maurice Law
John M. Olynyk - Lawson Lundell LLP
Allisun T. Rana - Rana Law
Repeatedly Recommended
Aldo P. Argento - Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Marie H. Buchinski - Bennett Jones LLP
J. Raymond Chartier - Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Laura K. Estep - Dentons Canada LLP
Peter D. Feldberg - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Gavin S. Fitch - McLennan Ross LLP
Bradley S. Gilmour - Bennett Jones LLP
Brenden Hunter - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Martin Ignasiak - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
JoAnn P. Jamieson - McLennan Ross LLP
Joshua A. Jantzi - Gowling WLG
Maureen E. Killoran - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Drew Lafond - MLT Aikins LLP
E. Bruce Mellett - Bennett Jones LLP
Shawn M. Munro - Bennett Jones LLP
Terri-Lee Oleniuk - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
L. Douglas Rae - Rae & Company
Kenneth E. Staroszik - Wilson Laycraft
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
P. Jonathan Faulds - Field Law
Keltie Lambert - Witten LLP
William L. McElhanney - Ackroyd LLP
Teresa L. Meadows - Meadows Law
Marco S. Poretti - Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP
Richard C. Secord - Ackroyd LLP

Saskatchewan

Regina Leading Firms

Consistently 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
Donald E. Worme - Semaganis Worme Lombard
Repeatedly Recommended
Rangi G. Jeerakathil - MLT Aikins LLP
James D. Jodouin - Bainbridge Jodouin Cheecham
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
Bradley D. Regehr - Maurice Law
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

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
Judy A. White - Human Rights Commission of Newfoundland & Labrador

Yukon

Whitehorse Leading Practitioners

Repeatedly Recommended
Stephen Walsh - Stephen Walsh, Barrister & Solicitor