Anthony received his J.D. from the University of Victoria in 2014 and was called to the British Columbia bar in 2015. After his call, he was a staff lawyer at the UVic Environmental Law Centre before practising as an associate at Tollefson Law for 7 years, where he remains Of Counsel. He founded Ad Astra Law in July 2024.

Anthony has experience in environmental assessments, regulatory hearings, judicial reviews, and civil trials and has appeared before the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, the BC Supreme Court, and various tribunals including the National Energy Board and BC Environmental Appeal Board.

As an Adjunct Professor, Anthony teaches climate litigation at Allard School of Law (UBC) and at times has taught as a Sessional Instructor at UVic Law. From 2016 to 2024 alongside his legal practice, he was the Program Coordinator at the Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigation (CELL). In that capacity, he helped deliver CELL’s educational program, which trains law students in litigation practice skills through exposure to real-life pieces of public interest environmental litigation.

Aside from his J.D., Anthony also holds a Master of Public Administration (UVic ’14), a B.Sc. in environmental sciences (UBC ’10), and a B.A. in political science (UBC ’10). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Law and Society at UVic.

Highlights

• Successfully defended the Haida Gwaii Management Council in a 64-day civil trial before the B.C. Supreme Court in an action brought against it and the Province by Teal Cedar Products Ltd. in respect of forestry and land use decisions on Haida Gwaii, and establishing a precedent for constructive expropriation law in the context of forestry tenures: Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. HMTK, 2025 BCSC 595.
• Successfully applied under the Protection of Public Participation Act to dismiss an action in defamation brought by property developers against an environmentalist and an eNGO: Todsen v. Morse, 2022 BCSC 1341, the only reported case in B.C. where the PPPA was used in an environment and land use dispute context.
• Participated in the legal team representing fifteen Canadian youths across the country in a national climate lawsuit challenging the federal government’s contribution to dangerous climate change: La Rose v. HMTK, currently remitted to Federal Court from Federal Court of Appeal: 2023 FCA 241.