Ratcliff LLP is a Vancouver-area law firm founded in 1950 and based in North Vancouver, serving individuals, First Nations and businesses. The firm is widely recognized as a leading Aboriginal law practice representing First Nations and Indigenous clients across British Columbia, Yukon and beyond, and also provides business, real estate, wills and estates, employment, civil litigation and public law services.

Practice areas

Indigenous Law Business & Corporate Law Real Estate Law Wills, Estates & Trusts Employment & Labour Law Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Administrative & Regulatory Law

Good to know

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Fees & payment

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Lawyers 40

Alannis Mckee Associate Indigenous LawAdministrative & Regulatory Law Arseniy Shchedrinskiy Associate Indigenous LawBusiness & Corporate Law Brenda A. McLuhan Partner Employment & Labour LawIndigenous Law Brian A. Hanson Senior Counsel Real Estate LawWills, Estates & Trusts Charles G. (Chuck) Piercey Partner Real Estate LawBusiness & Corporate Law Emma Hume Associate Indigenous LawAdministrative & Regulatory Law Ewa Holender Associate Indigenous Law Frances Ankenman Associate Indigenous LawAdministrative & Regulatory Law Gary R. Yabsley Senior Counsel Indigenous Law Grace Hermansen Associate Indigenous LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Hannah McDonald Counsel Indigenous LawBusiness & Corporate Law James Tate Partner Indigenous LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Jamie Arbeau Associate Indigenous LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Jeffrey R. Nicholls Associate Indigenous LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Jeremy Shelford Partner Business & Corporate LawIndigenous Law John R. Rich Senior Counsel Indigenous LawAdministrative & Regulatory Law Karl P. Stephan Senior Counsel Indigenous LawBusiness & Corporate Law Kate M. Blomfield Partner Indigenous LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Kate Oja Associate Indigenous LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell Associate Indigenous LawAdministrative & Regulatory Law Kevin D. Lee Partner Indigenous LawCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Kristy A. Pozniak Partner Indigenous Law Lauren Ferguson Associate Lesley Midzain Associate Wills, Estates & TrustsReal Estate Law

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
1972–2025 · median 15 years in practice 39 of 40 lawyers
Law schools
University of Victoria (11), University of British Columbia (8), Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law (3), University of Toronto (3), Dalhousie University (2), BPP Law School, UK and 11 more 39 of 40 lawyers

Who handles what

Offices 3

Head Office604-988-5201

500 – 221 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, BC V7M 3J3

North Vancouver

221 Esplanade W, North Vancouver, BC V7M 3J8

Vancouver (meeting space)

1512-808 Nelson Street, Vancouver, BC

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