Lisa S. Toner, B.Soc. Sci, LL.B. 
Lisa is a native of Kitchener-Waterloo and attended Eastwood Collegiate.  She graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1989 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Political Science.  She obtained her Law degree at the University of Western Ontario in 1992, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1994.  Lisa articled in Waterloo and practised criminal law, family law and civil litigation there until 1998.  Lisa has worked in the Estates and Trusts department at Canada Trust (now TD) and spent five years at Manulife Financial, working in both the Tax and Estate Planning area, and in the Canadian Division Law and Compliance department.  Most recently, Lisa had her own practice in the areas of Wills and Estates, Family Law and Criminal Law.Lisa is certified as a Mediator by the Association of Mediators and Arbitrators of Ontario, and has her Level I Collaborative Family Law certificate.  She has taught Criminal and Civil Law at Conestoga College, and has conducted criminal prosecutions on behalf of both the federal and provincial Attorneys-General.  Lisa’s focus at Sorbara, Schumacher, McCann LLP will be in the areas of wills, estate planning and administration, as well as in criminal defence and civil litigation.