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Lisa Armstrong

416.679.2781 x 210

Clerk: Krista Hochgrafe | 519.279.0320 x 307
khochgrafe@sbalawyers.ca
Assistant: Kristin Cooke | 416.679.2781 x 207
kcooke@sbalawyers.ca

The A in SBA, Lisa is also the firm’s managing partner. As the eldest of 8 children from a blended family, Lisa knows a thing or two about leadership, diplomacy and teamwork. She also manages the firm much like she did her siblings growing up; gentle persuasion mixed with the occasional knocking of heads. When she isn’t being the firm’s biggest supporter, she has a habit of winning hotly contested accident benefit “CAT” and bodily injury claims at all levels of Court and administrative tribunals.

If you ask nicely, and even if you don’t, she may reveal how she manages to do it all.

Primary Practice Areas

Accident Benefits

Bodily Injury

Disability

> Professional Achievements and Leadership

Founding and Managing Partner, Strigberger Brown Armstrong LLP, 2018
International Association of Defence Counsel, member
Education Committee Member, Canadian Defence Lawyers
Past President, Mature Student’s Association, Osgoode Hall Law School

> Notable Matters

Tomec v. Economical (2018), Divisional Court
M.S. v. Economical (2018) Licence Appeal Tribunal
S.S v. Economical (2018), Licence Appeal Tribunal
S.T. v. Economical (2018), Licence Appeal Tribunal-Reconsideration
Stegenga v Economical (2018), Superior Court
Pan v Allstate (2018), FSCO Arbitration
S.T v. Economical (2017), Licence Appeal Tribunal
M.K. and Dumfires (2017), Licence Appeal Tribunal
Mayo v. Economical (2016), FSCO Arbitration
Karabas v. Economical (2015), Superior Court
Sietzema v. Economical (2014), Court of Appeal
Kusnierz v. Economical (2011), Court of Appeal
Lamsar v. Bajaj (2008), Superior Court

> Thought Leadership

Publications

Long Term Disability in Ontario, CanLii Newsletter, Editor/Contributor (ongoing)
The SABS limitation period is a hard limit (October 12, 2018), blog
Subsequent payment cannot revive right that has been extinguished (September 10, 2018), Lawyer’s Daily
Duty of good faith emphasized in decision (June 25, 2018), Law Times
Law Society of Upper Canada Exam Preparation Materials, Chapter 62, Editor (2018)
(Not so) Long Gone: Court of Appeal finds resigned employee entitled to LTD (May 7, 2018), blog
Choose Wisely: LTD Insurer entitled to WSIB offset despite tort election (May 4, 2018), blog
Unclaimed CPP deductible from IRB (February 2, 2018), blog
Law Society of Upper Canada Exam Preparation Materials, Chapter 62, Editor
Making CAT Denials Great Again, Co-author with Shalini Thomas
Court of Appeal finds 2015 PJI and Deductible Provision Apply Retroactively, blog
The LAT Upholds Limitation Period for Denied CAT Benefits, blog
Credibility is Vital, blog

Presentations

Tricks of the Trade, Advocate’s Society, Accident Benefit and LAT Update (2019)
The Nuts and Bolts of Uninsured, Unidentified and Underinsured Claims, Osgoode Law School Certificate in Personal Injury Program (2013)
Spring Accident Benefit Symposium, Canadian Defence Lawyers, Co-Chair
CSME-Life Care Planner’s Annual Meeting- Case Law Update for Life Care Planners
Canadian Defence Lawyers AGM, Co-Chair
Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, Update on Snow Maintenance from the Court of Appeal

> Professional Memberships

Member, International Association of Defence Counsel
A Call to Action Canada-Diversity in the Legal Profession
Member, Ontario Insurance Adjusters Institute
Member, Defence Research Institute
Member, Canadian Defence Lawyers Association

> Bar Admissions & Education

Inclusive Leader Series - Certificate of Completion, 2018
Ontario Bar, 2003
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 2002