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 Blog
Welcoming Soudeh Alikhani to JFK Law’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team
April 9, 2025 | UncategorizedWe are pleased to announce that Soudeh Alikhani, an accomplished litigator with over ten years of experience representing Indigenous governments and organizations in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Yukon and British Columbia, has joined JFK Law as a senior associate. As JFK Law continues to expand its presence in eastern Canada, Soudeh brings invaluable expertise to our
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Welcoming Nadir André and Team to JFK Law – Expanding Our Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast Presence
April 7, 2025 | JFK NewsWe’re proud to announce that Nadir André has joined JFK Law LLP as a Partner alongside associates Lauren Daniel and Isabelle Simard. This expansion strengthens our presence in Quebec and Atlantic Canada and reflects our continued commitment to advancing Indigenous rights, governance, and self-determination from coast to coast to coast. A proud member of the
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Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: the Kebaowek Case
March 11, 2025 | Court ReviewIntroduction On February 19, 2025, the Federal Court released an important decision (Kebaowek First Nation v Canadian Nuclear Laboratories) regarding Canada’s commitments under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“UNDRIP”) in carrying out its duty to consult. This decision represents the first time a Canadian Court considered how UNDRIP should be
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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”).