Lindsay N. Lake

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Lindsay N. Lake

Lindsay has an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Women’s Studies (UWO, 2003) and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Windsor (2006). Lindsay was the recipient of several awards for academic excellence and community involvement including the University of Windsor In-Course Community Scholars Award, the Charles J. Clark Scholarship in Law and the 2006 Ontario Expropriation Association’s Bursary Award for a paper on Expropriations Law.

While attending the University of Windsor, Lindsay served as an Executive for the Women and the Law Association and coordinated the Faculty of Law’s 2004 White Ribbon Campaign. She was an Editorial Assistant for the Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues, volunteered as a Case Worker and Group Advisor for the Community Legal Aid Clinic and co-authored a brochure outlining accommodation rights for Windsor Women Working with Immigrant Women through Pro Bono Students Canada. Lindsay is a member of the Ontario Expropriation Association, the Middlesex Law Association, the Canadian Bar Association and the Municipal Law section of the Ontario Bar Association.

Through her employment with Cohen HighleyLLP as a summer student and as an articling student, Lindsay has gained a broad range of experience in municipal and administrative law matters, including property tax assessment appeals, the prosecution and defence of municipal by-law violations, defending Provincial Offences charges and appealing Provincial Officers’ orders. She has also attended on matters before Ontario Courts and Administrative Boards and Tribunals.

After being called to the bar on June 15, 2007, Lindsay joined Cohen HighleyLLP’s Municipal and Administrative Law Department. In addition to her Expropriation and Municipal Law practice, Lindsay has a particular interest in Human Rights and Employment issues specific to Municipalities.