Former lawyer Braden William Lauer barred from practicing law for 10 years

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.