Tara Lori Lemke

Tara is an experienced litigator and has been practicing in Ottawa since her call to the bar in 2005. She represents both insurers and individuals with a focus on litigation including motor vehicle liability, slip-and-falls, sexual assaults, professional negligence, brain injuries, and product liability.

She has a particular specialization in Accident Benefits ranging from disputes over treatment plans to catastrophic impairments with complex causation questions.

She has regularly appeared before the Superior Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Appeal, and License Appeal Tribunal of Ontario.

Tara enjoys the challenge of applying the law to individual circumstances and recognizes the important role that human factors may play in a case.

In her spare time, Tara enjoys spending time with her family and getting into the great outdoors.

Following a nearly 4-week jury trial, lead lawyers Tara Lemke and Kelly Hart, assisted by Gabriella Gader, were successful in securing a jury award of $1,040,000.00 for their personal injury plaintiff client in a motor vehicle accident case after years of hard-fought litigation. As the net award was in excess of the Defendants’ offer to settle, the Defendants were additionally required to pay a significant six figure costs award to the Plaintiff.