Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend (OKT) was formed in 2000 by John Olthuis, Nancy Kleer and Roger Townshend who had worked together in the aboriginal law field since 1990. OKT’s lawyers, located in Toronto and Goose Bay, have extensive experience in Aboriginal work dating back to the early 1970s.
Our experience includes:
- Aboriginal and treaty rights litigation, including Aboriginal title litigation
- Comprehensive and specific land rights negotiations
- Inherent Aboriginal government negotiations
- Advice on development of indigenous governance, legal and territorial systems
- Impact benefit agreement negotiations with resource developers and other industrial and commercial developers
- Advice to Aboriginal clients participating in federal and provincial environmental assessments
- Advice on duty to consult and accommodate
- Past grievances negotiations with Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One Networks
- Development of trust indentures for managing settlements of past grievances with Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One Networks, and payments made under impact benefit agreements
- Establishment of new reserves and additions to reserves
- General legal advice to First Nation clients in areas including employment, labour, construction, housing on reserves
- Administrative law issues for Aboriginal clients
OKT also provide legal services to non-profit organizations in employment law, contracts, governance and charitable status.
For information please contact Nancy Kleer at 416-981-9330 or nkleer(at)oktlaw.com.