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 has worked in the private practice of law in the areas of criminal law, family law, civil litigation and wills and estates. She has also worked as in-house corporate counsel in the Estates and Trusts department at Canada Trust and spent five years working at Manulife Financial in its Tax and Estate Planning department and its Canadian Division Law and Compliance department. Lisa is certified as a mediator by the Association of Mediators and Arbitrators of Ontario, and has trained in the collaborative law process. She has also taught criminal and civil law at Conestoga College.

Lisa joined Sorbara, Schumacher, McCann LLP in September 2007 and now focuses her practice in the areas of wills, estate planning and estate administration.