Meet Natalie E. Carrothers

Natalie Carrothers is a Partner at Lerners LLP. Her practice focuses on advising on privacy issues, including preparing privacy policies, developing training programs, and managing and responding to privacy breaches. She has extensive advocacy experience, including Ontario tribunals and the Superior Court of Justice.

Natalie also practices in the areas of health law, commercial litigation and independent investigations.

• Chair, St. Joseph’s Hospice, Handbags for Hospice Committee (2019)
• Member, St. Joseph’s Hospice, Handbags for Hospice Committee (2016-2020)
• Committee Member, Women’s Symposium (2017-present)
• Executive Member, OBA Privacy & Access to Information Law Section (2019-present)
• Executive Member, OBA Health Law Section (2019-present)
• Executive Member, OBA Administrative Law Section (2019-present)
• Chair, Southwest Young Lawyer Division Executive, Ontario Bar Association (2017-2018)

• Best Lawyers in Canada, Ones to Watch, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Health Care Law
• Gretta J. Grant Prize in Community Legal Services (2015)
• Torkin Manes LLP Award (2015)
• Dean’s Honour List, Western University (2008-2012)

• Presenter, "Practical Tips and Interesting Issues Skillings v. Colquhoun", Middlesex Law Association 13th Annual Personal Injury Conference, November 27, 2019
• Program Chair, "Expert Advice on Launching Your Legal Career: I Have My Law Degree, Now What?", Ontario Bar Association (September 2017)
• Co-author, with Emmett L., “The Continuing Evolution of Canadian Law and Privacy: The Impact of Social Media Posts”, Claims Canada (2016)
• Co-author, with Ventresca Y. and Martens S., “Stretching the Limits of Statutory Interpretation: The Implications of College of Nurses of Ontario v Mark Dumchin on the Jurisdiction of Regulated Health Colleges over Former Employees, Ontario Bar Association, Health Law Section (2016)
• Co-Author, with Emmett L., "T.K.L v. T.M.P - A Narrowing of the Newest Tort of the Public Disclosure of Private Facts", Hearsay, Canadian Defence Lawyers, June 2016

• Partner (2022-Present)
• Associate Lawyer, Lerners LLP (2016-2021)
• Articling Student, Lerners LLP (2015-2016)
• Associate Caseworker and Supervisor, Western Community Legal Services Clinic (2013-2015)
• Associate Caseworker and Director, Western Dispute Resolution Centre (2013-2015)
• Associate Caseworker and Case Manager, Western Sport Solution Clinic (2013-2015)

• The Advocates’ Society
• Canadian Bar Association
• Middlesex Law Association
• Ontario Bar Association
• Advocates’ Society
• OBA Privacy & Access to Information Law, Executive
• OBA Health Law, Executive
• OBA Administrative Law, Executive
• Southwest Young Lawyer Division Executive, Ontario Bar Association

• Completed Workplace Investigations Training and Certificate Program (2020)
• Admitted to the Ontario Bar (2016)
• Juris Doctor, Western University Faculty of Law (2015)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Honours Specialization in Kinesiology, Western University (2012)