Brent Olthuis' practice spans a wide range of litigation matters, with a primary focus in the areas of commercial litigation and administrative and constitutional law. In addition, Brent has experience in criminal trial and appellate work and is currently assisting in the prosecution of a large criminal proceeding. He has appeared as counsel in all levels of court in Ontario and British Columbia, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, and in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Brent has a distinguished academic record, having graduated first in his LL.B. class at McGill and also having clerked at both the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. He received SSHRC funding for his Master's studies, and has recently published an abridged version of his thesis. Brent has previously published articles in the fields of aboriginal law and criminal practice and has contributed a chapter on professional conduct to a leading text concerning the practice of law in Canada.

Education
B. Comm., University of British Columbia, 1995
LL.B., McGill University, 2000
LL.M., University of Victoria, 2006

Clerkships
Ontario Court of Appeal, 2000-2001
Supreme Court of Canada, 2001-2002

Bar Admissions
Ontario, 2001
British Columbia, 2005

Publications

"The Constitution's Peoples: Approaching Community in the Context of Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982" (2009) 54 McGill Law Journal 1

"Professional Conduct", in Barristers & Solicitors in Practice (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2009)

"Civil Procedure -- Court Rules" in Continuing Legal Education's Annual Review of Law & Practice (2008), with Mark Oulton, Stephanie McHugh, and Shannon Ramsay

"Disclosure of Electronic Information: R. v. Cassidy" Note (2004) 49 Criminal Law Quarterly 287

"Defrosting Delgamuukw" (2001) 12 National Journal of Constitutional Law 385