Todd R. Bell

Todd is an experienced, effective litigator and trial lawyer. He also mediates, arbitrates and settles matters through various forms of agreement. The first goal is always to settle your file. If that is not possible, your case will be advanced through the courts with forceful advocacy and comprehensive expertise of court procedure. Todd has wide-ranging courtroom experience spanning all levels of Court in British Columbia. 

Todd’s practice areas include the division of high net worth assets including complex corporate structures, trusts, real estate and pensions. He also does income determination often in complex financial circumstances for the purposes of child and spousal support. He practices in all manner of parenting and custody litigation including relocation and Hague Convention matters, adoption litigation and emergency protection from family violence.  

Todd received his LLB in 2007 and was called to the bar in 2008. Todd has served as adjunct faculty at the Allard School of Law at UBC, was Co-Chair of the CBA Family Law Subsection after several years on the executive, has been a member of the Editorial Board of the Family Law Practice Manual (CLEBC) since 2012, and chairs conferences or presents legal papers on family law issues several times every year for organizations such as CLEBC, TLABC, LSS, CBA (Okanagan) and the Access Pro Bono Court of Appeal program.    

In his personal life Todd is an enthusiastic canoeist, having done several hundred kilometers in each Ontario, the Yukon, British Columbia and northern Saskatchewan. He lives in Vancouver with his spouse, son, and two terribly behaved Labrador Retrievers.