David How (he/him) is an associate in the Aboriginal Law Group at Cassels, where he regularly advises Indigenous, government, and industry clients on Indigenous self-governance, the duty to consult, historic treaty claims and settlement negotiations, Indigenous-Crown relations, and Aboriginal rights and title. David also assists in civil litigation matters, complex investigations, and judicial review proceedings.
David is originally from Vancouver where he summered, articled, and practiced after completing his joint Juris Doctor/Bachelor of Civil Law degrees at the McGill University Faculty of Law and prior to moving to Toronto. David is currently on the Executive of the CBA’s national Aboriginal law and SAGDA sections and is a Director and Committee Chair on the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers’ Board of Directors. David is also a member of the Law Society of British Columbia’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee and the CBA’s Equity Subcommittee.
Outside the practice of law, David is an avid frisbee and volleyball player and lover of travel, having been to all seven continents.
