Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Using the courts strategically to advance your Nation’s Rights
Our team of experienced litigators advance our clients’ interests in courts across the country. We prove and protect your rights through strategic litigation, including Aboriginal rights and title cases, Treaty infringement litigation, judicial reviews, claims at the Specific Claims Tribunal and interventions in important cases.
Consultation, Accommodation and Regulatory Review
Making the Crown comply with the duty to consult and accommodate
We help our clients advance their right to free, prior and informed consent when consulting with the Crown. This includes helping Indigenous communities develop their own consultation processes, negotiate alternatives to the duty to consult framework, respond to referrals in their traditional territories, engage in environmental assessment processes, and challenge decisions made without proper consultation and accommodation.
Complex Negotiations
Securing and implementing your community’s rights through complex negotiations
Our lawyers support Indigenous communities in advancing their rights and securing economic opportunities through complex negotiations with government and industry, including impact benefit agreements, complicated commercial agreements, specific claims and modern treaties. We focus on pushing the envelope and ensuring that government and industry respond to what our clients want to achieve.
Economic Development and Governance
Helping build strong, sustainable communities
JFK Law works alongside Indigenous communities to advance self-government and build a solid foundation for economic development.
Indigenous Wealth Development
Empowering Indigenous Financial Success with Integrity and Expertise
JFK Law offers specialized expertise in areas such as business development, regulatory compliance, and partnership agreements, ensuring that our Indigenous clients receive tailored, respectful, and effective legal solutions. Our commitment is to empower Indigenous businesses and communities, fostering growth and success through strategical legal support.
From our News & Blog
Ontario’s Bill 5: Unpacking the Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act
July 7, 2025 | Commentary, JFK NewsOntario’s “Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025,” also known as Bill 5, received Royal Assent on June 5, 2025 marking a significant legislative shift within the province. While the provincial government promotes this omnibus bill as a means to accelerate economic development and reduce “red tape” it is viewed by Indigenous Nations and
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Siksika and Kainai Challenge Alberta’s Recission of Coal Mining Moratorium in the Eastern Slopes
July 4, 2025 | Commentary, JFK NewsOn July 2, 2025, Siksika Nation (“Siksika”) and Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe) (“Kainai”) (collectively, the “Nations”) filed judicial review applications challenging Ministerial Order 003/2025, issued by Alberta’s Minister of Energy and Minerals on January 15, 2025 (the “Order”). This Order effectively lifts a previous ban on certain coal mining on lands known as the eastern
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Alberta’s Opposition to Reintroducing Bill C-61 Undermines First Nations’ Water Rights
July 4, 2025 | JFK NewsOn July 3, 2025, Alberta’s Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, Rebecca Schulz, issued a press release urging the federal government to abandon “all federal policies and legislation that undermine competitiveness.” Among the legislation targeted by Alberta is Bill C-61 – the First Nations Clean Water Act. The Minister specifically demanded that Canada not reintroduce
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West Jet Class Action
This is the landing point for a class action that has been filed by Mandalena Lewis against WestJet Airlines Ltd. (“WestJet”).