Farris Partner, Todd Bell, recently served as a guest instructor at the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia’s three-day workshop on ‘Winning Advocacy Skills’. Todd, alongside a distinguished group of senior members of the bench and bar, spent the day in a courtroom environment with junior lawyers, focusing on honing their courtroom skills. The comprehensive program included practicing essential elements of trial advocacy such as direct and cross-examinations, as well as opening and closing statements; and the rare opportunity for rising litigators to receive unfiltered feedback from those at the top of their craft on both sides of the bench.

Todd is a highly skilled litigator and trial lawyer with 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, foreign property, and pensions. He practices in all manner of parenting and custody litigation including relocation and Hague Convention matters, adoption litigation and emergency protection from family violence.