Todd R. Bell

Todd is a partner with Schuman Daltrop Basran and Robin.

Todd appears frequently in Court at the Provincial, Supreme and Appeal levels. He has conducted multiple trials at the Supreme Court level as lead counsel, including A.E.O. v. T.K.O., 2012 BCSC 1292 and Haigh v. Spence 2010 BCSC 270; in both his clients were successful enough at trial to have received their costs. Todd's client was the successful party in the Court of Appeal in Semancik v. Saunders 2011 BCCA 264.

Todd provides regular pro-bono family law advice through volunteer efforts with Access to Justice and has been a contributor to both CLE conferences and CBA Family Law Subsection Meetings. Todd is a contributing author of the British Columbia Family Practice Manual and will sit in 2013 on its Editorial Board. Todd is a member of the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association Vancouver Family Subsection, holding that position in the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 years. Todd volunteers as a guest lecturer on family law at the Professional Legal Training Course run by the Law Society. Todd was Co-Chair of, and a presenter at, the 2012 Family Law Drafting Conference, a two-day event put on by CLE (Continuing Legal Education).

Todd is a member of good standing of the Canadian Bar Association and Law Society of British Columbia.

In his spare time, Todd does long haul canoe trips, having done several hundred kilometers each in Ontario, the Yukon, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.