A discipline hearing date has been set for local North Battleford lawyer Murray Greenwood by the Law Society of Saskatchewan.
Greenwood, who faces several counts of conduct unbecoming a lawyer, will see his hearing take place Aug. 15 at the Rubens Room of the Radisson Hotel, 405-20th Street East, Saskatoon, beginning at 10 a.m.
The counts stem from a Law Society investigation into Greenwood’s activities with respect to a client identified as A.M., according to the amended formal complaint against Greenwood.
That same individual was later identified as Allan Moen in a separate Law Society ruling against Greenwood’s former law partner, Kevan Migneault, earlier this year. Moen had previously pled guilty on Oct. 27, 2015, to defrauding investors out of funds in excess of $700,000 and was handed a three-year jail term.
The counts against Greenwood include conduct unbecoming a lawyer for facilitating the commission of fraud or frauds by his client; allowing himself to become the dupe of an unscrupulous client; enabling A.M. to achieve an improper purpose by using his law firm and status as a lawyer to legitimize the fraudulent activities of A.M.; realizing a financial benefit due to the fraudulent activities of his client; conflict of interest; breach of fiduciary duty; and failure to maintain proper books for his law practice.
For Greenwood, the charges against him are similar to ones that landed Migneault in trouble, although in Migneault’s case the Law Society took the additional step of handing down an interim suspension in late 2015.
Earlier this spring, it was ruled Migneault was guilty of several counts of conduct unbecoming a lawyer in a decision from a three-person Law Society panel that was hearing his case.
A penalty hearing was held May 31, but the Law Society has not yet announced a sentence for Migneault.
