Elizabeth Grace

Elizabeth is a partner of Lerners LLP who has practiced civil litigation since being called to the bar in 1995. Her work focuses on claims arising out of sexual and physical abuse. Her experience also extends to discrimination and harassment claims, professional negligence, health and employment-related matters, and commercial disputes. She has acted in a number of significant cases, including the public inquiry into water safety in Walkerton, Ontario on behalf of the Medical Officer of Health.

Elizabeth has experience litigating on behalf of corporations (large and small), insurers, governments, First Nations, public entities such as school boards and children's aid societies, and educational facilities. She has represented clients before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Supreme Court of Canada, commissions of inquiry, coroner's inquests and various administrative tribunals, including the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.