Lara is a Partner with Ellison Peters Professional Corporation practising in the areas of professional regulation and health law. She is the Assistant Chair of our Professional Regulation Group.
Contact
[email protected]She has acted as counsel for physicians, dentists, psychologists, and many other regulated health professionals. Lara articled with Ellison Peters Professional Corporation and joined the firm upon her Call to the Bar in 1996. She was in-house counsel with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for two years from 2009 to 2011, before rejoining Ellison Peters Professional Corporation in 2011.
Professional Regulation
- Defending physicians in matters before the College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Defending health care professionals before the Health Professions Review Board
- Representing clients in human rights matters before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
- Representing clients in matters involving admission into professions, licensing, transfer of practice and fitness to practice
- Providing advice and assistance with Medical Services Commission billing audits
- Providing legal advice and assistance to regulatory organizations
Education
- University of Ontario, LL.B., 1995
- University of Ontario, B.Comm., 1991
Bar Admission
- Ontario, 1996
Leadership
- Editor and Contributing Author, Ellison Peters Professional Corporation Canadian Administrative Law Blog
- Contributing Author, LexisNexis® Ellison Peters Professional Corporation Administrative Law Netletter™
- Contributing Author, Ellison Peters Professional Corporation Administrative Law Observer Newsletter
- Contributing Author, Administrative Justice: A Practitioner’s Guide, 2016, Published by LexisNexis® Canada
Membership
- Member, The Law Society of Ontario
- Member, Canadian Bar Association, Toronto Branch
