Cliffe Tobias, Barristers & Solicitors

About Cliffe Tobias, Barristers & Solicitors

Cliffe Tobias, Barristers & Solicitors is a small litigation firm based in downtown Vancouver. Its three lawyers, John D. Cliffe, K.C., Cheryl J. Tobias, K.C., and Dr. Larry A. Reynolds, together bring more than ninety years of practice to aboriginal law, criminal law, administrative and regulatory law, environmental and natural resources law, constitutional law, and occupational health and safety law. The firm advises individuals, institutions, and corporations, and its counsel have appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada and various administrative tribunals.

Cliffe was called to the bar in British Columbia in 1977 and later in the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Nunavut. Tobias, called to the bar in British Columbia in 1980, built a career as Senior General Counsel in the Vancouver office of the Department of Justice, arguing constitutional, criminal, and Aboriginal rights appeals up to the Supreme Court of Canada. Reynolds holds five degrees, including a PhD in law and public health science from the University of Alberta, is called to the bar in Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and British Columbia, and has represented governments, tribunals, and Aboriginal and environmental organizations for more than two decades, including as counsel in the first Canadian conviction involving a marine mammal under the Species at Risk Act.