Our Team

Lisa Code

Lisa Code

519-279-0320 x 315
lcode@sbalawyers.ca

Assistant: Jo-Anne Schiebel
519-279-0320 x 310
jschiebel@sbalawyers.ca

Clerk: Dawn Tehkummah
519-279-0320 x 318
dtehkummah@sbalawyers.ca

You might call Lisa Code a “litigator in a lab coat”. With a Master’s Degree in Biology, Lisa instinctively puts each case under a microscope. She best serves her clients by simplifying complex situations.

Lisa brings enthusiasm, dedication, and experience in tackling diverse liability claims. Her experience extends to representing insureds in commercial general liability, product liability, occupiers’ liability, property damage claims, and automobile tort litigation.  She enjoys using her analytical skills in providing coverage opinions. Lisa also has experience with pursuing subrogated claims on behalf of her insurance clients. She has conducted trials before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as well as trials and appeals at the Divisional Court.  

Lisa lived in “K-W” before it was cool – when people called it “Kitchener-Waterloo”. Born and raised in the area, Lisa continues to call it home with her husband and two daughters.  Lisa completed her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Western Ontario – commuting from home where she simultaneously raised her children. To say she is a driven multi-tasker would be a vast understatement! 

Outside of the office, Lisa enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

Primary Practice Areas
  • Auto Insurance
  • Premises Liability
  • Coverage and Policy Wording
Notable Matters
  • Ben v. Gates, (Superior Court of Justice), [2013] O.J. No. 4205; Motion for Leave to Appeal to the Divisional Court denied (unreported)
  • W.C. Chatterton Holdings Inc. (c.o.b. Stedmans V & S) v. John Doe, (Ontario Court of Justice), [2011] O.J. No. 4123  (Application under the Youth Criminal Justice Act)
  • Lemont v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., (Superior Court of Justice, Small Claims Court), [2011] O.J. No. 4601
  • Riegling v. Ouellette (c.o.b. Designers Building Group), (Superior Court of Justice) [2009] O.J. No. 2933
  • Farwell (Trustee of) v. Integrated Management & Investments Inc, (Superior Court of Justice), [2007] O.J. No. 1538
  • Marcella v. Integrated Management & Investments Inc, (Superior Court of Justice), [2007] O.J. No. 1652
Thought Leadership
  • Speaker, “Vicarious Liability: It is All about Possession”, Webinar, November 17, 2021
  • Author, J.W.E. Rush, H.J. Green, D.A. MacLean and L.M. Code. (2005). Oxidative stress and nitric oxide synthase in skeletal muscles of rats with post-infarction, compensated chronic heart failure. Acta Physiol Scand.
  • Author, Dyck, D.J., Miskovic, D., Code, L., Luiken, J.F.P., and Bonen, A. (05/2000). Endurance training increases FFA oxidation and reduces triacylglycerol utilization in contracting rat soleus. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab.
  • Author, Lang, L., Miskovic, D., Lo, M., and Heikkila, J.J. (01/2000). Stress-induced Tissue-specific enrichment of hsp70 mRNA accumulation in Xenopus laevis embryos. Cell Stress and Chaperones.
  • Author, Lang, L., Miskovic, D., Fernando, P., and Heikkila, J.J. (11/1999). Spatial pattern of constitutive and heat shock-induced expression of the small heat shock protein gene family, hsp30, in Xenopus laevis tailbud embryos. Developmental Genetics.
Professional Memberships
  • Waterloo Law Association
  • The Advocates’ Society
  • Canadian Defence Lawyers
Bar Admissions & Education
  • Ontario Bar, 2007
  • LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 2006
  • Master of Science in Biology, 1999
  • Bachelor of Science, Honours Biology, 1995