Paula Lombardi is an Associate at Siskinds and practices in the areas of environmental, regulatory and administrative law. Prior to joining Siskinds, Paula worked as an associate at a Bay Street law firm where her practice focused on occupational health and safety, environmental and regulatory matters.
Paula recently spent two years as in-house counsel for a major privately owned US corporation, whose owner is on the Forbes 500 list, and was responsible for all Canadian legal and business issues relating to the import and export of goods, transportation of hazardous materials, remediation of contaminated sites, construction of large infrastructure projects, regulatory compliance, NAFTA matters, and preparation of environmental assessments in the US and Canada.
Paula has a great deal of experience in: providing due diligence advice; dealing with contamination issues; handling of organic chemicals and hazardous wastes; obtaining planning and environmental approvals; defending environmental prosecutions; and assisting companies with environmental and regulatory compliance. Paula has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court, Ontario Provincial Court, and before numerous administrative tribunals.
Paula's environmental and planning work requires extensive review of technical consulting reports and regularly researches and writes opinions on environmental and administrative law matters.
Prior to embarking on a career in law Paula worked as a professional land use planner for the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs, the Ontario Municipal Board and in the private sector.
Paula graduated with an LL.B from the University of Western Ontario and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2002. She received her B.A.A from Ryerson Polytechnic University in Urban and Regional Planning and finished a post-graduate Certificate in Environmental Management and Environmental Engineering. Paula is currently pursuing her LL.M with a focus on administrative law at York University.