Former Vancouver lawyer Braden William Lauer has terminated his membership with the Law Society and agreed not to practice law for 10 years after admitting professional misconduct.
In a proposal under Rule 4-29 of the Law Society Rules, Lauer admitted to committing 11 instances of professional misconduct between January and August 2021, including five instances of misappropriation totaling nearly $10,000, two instances of breaches of accounting rules, three instances of failure to provide clients with the quality of service expected of a competent lawyer, and one instance of misrepresenting to a client the status of their matter. Three of the misappropriations involved client trust funds and two involved funds from a law firm.
Lauer has agreed not to apply for re-instatement to the Law Society or elsewhere within Canada for a period of 9.5 years commencing on April 16, 2024, among other conditions.
Read the full 4-29 proposal here.