Farris Partner Todd Bell, along with Professor Nicholas Bala of Queen’s University and Dr. Rachel Birnbaum of King’s University College, recently presented at the 2025 BC Family Law Organizer on ‘Parental Alienation: Child Abuse or Junk Science?’. The session augmented Professors Bala and Birnbaum’s research with the view from counsel, addressing practical challenges in cases involving intimate partner violence, high-conflict families, and parental alienation, with a specific focus on evidentiary standards and how courts assess complex parenting disputes.

Todd is an experienced family law litigator and trial lawyer. He practices parenting and custody litigation, assists parties seeking emergency protection from family violence and divides high net-worth assets such as corporate interests, trusts, foreign property, and pensions.