Lisa Freeman

Lawyer

P: (416) 613 9668
E: lfreeman@lfdlaw.ca


Lisa is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto and has more than 20 years experience practicing exclusively in the area of professional discipline. Lisa prosecutes, investigates and trains adjudicators for a variety of regulatory organizations. She also acts as Independent Legal Counsel. In addition, Lisa represents professionals being audited, investigated, or disciplined by their governing bodies and has appeared at a myriad of provincial and national tribunals, at all levels of court in Ontario, and at the Supreme Court of Canada. Working both on behalf of regulators and for individuals being investigated or prosecuted provides Lisa a unique perspective and keen insight benefitting all of her clients.

Prior to opening her own practice in 2017, Lisa was a Discipline Counsel with the Law Society of Ontario for 16 years, prosecuting lawyers and paralegals. Since 2009, Lisa has taught Trial Advocacy at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Lisa was a part-time member of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB) for two years. She is a member of the Health Professions Discipline Tribunals Pilot (HPDTP) Roundtable. In addition, Lisa is a regular speaker and panelist at a variety of CPD programs and is a member of the coaching team for the Certificate in Adjudication for Administrative Agencies, Boards and Tribunals offered by Osgoode Professional Development and the Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR).

Lisa, with the invaluable assistance of Joey Tam, organizes the Duty Counsel Program at the Law Society of Ontario Tribunal.

Select Presentations

Expert Evidence

CPAO Tribunals Training, June 2023

Procedural Fairness

CPAO Tribunals Training, December 2023

Prosecuting and Defending Professional Discipline Cases, “Dealing Effectively with Concurrent Criminal and Civil Proceedings”

Osgoode Professional Development,
April 2022, 2021 and 2020

Dealing Effectively with Concurrent Criminal and Professional Discipline Proceedings

Criminal Lawyers’ Association Fall Conference, November 2020

Disclosure in the Professional Context

Ontario College of Teachers, March 2019

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Criminal Lawyers’ Association Fall Conference, November 2018

Tribunal Counsel, One Size Does Not Fit All

SOAR Annual Conference, November 2018