Todd R. Bell

Todd R. Bell: Attorney with Farris LLP

Biography

Todd is a highly skilled litigator and trial lawyer with wide-ranging courtroom experience spanning all levels of Court in British Columbia. Todd settles as many files through agreements or mediation as possible, but in the event of an impasse he litigates the matter to a resolution.

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. Todd has been the successful counsel on multiple seminal family law judgments. 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, has joined the Editorial Board of for the Family Law Sourcebook (CLEBC) commencing in 2022, 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 hundreds of 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.

Year of Call

2008

Legal Recognition

•The Best Lawyers in Canada (2026)
•Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada (2025)

In the News

Judgments

Farris Lawyers Win Precedent Setting Appeal

January 23, 2026

Presentations

Todd Bell Presents at Judges’ Conference

December 10, 2025

Presentations

Todd Bell Presents at FLO

October 31, 2025

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Areas of Practice (2)

  • Family Law
  • Appellate Advocacy

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of British Columbia, B.A., English, 2004
Law School Attended:
University of British Columbia, J.D., 2007
Year of First Admission:
2008
Admission:
2008, British Columbia Bar
Memberships:

Canadian Bar Association; Law Society of British Columbia.

ISLN:
1001307708

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Affiliations

Lex Mundi

Location

  • Vancouver, BC
    Pacific Centre South , 25th Floor, 700 W Georgia Street
    Vancouver, BC V7Y 1B3
     Canada

    604-661-2180 Phone
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