money laundering, 85–92, 94, 97, 99–105, 224, 322 (See also anti-moneylaundering legislation)
Monnin, Mark M., 217
Montague, Chris, 54–55
Montgomery, Leonard T., 303–4
Moore, Nancy, 149–50
morality, 10, 12–13, 313–14
Morrison, Robert, 221–22, 230, 233, 234
multiple personality disorder, 139–40
murder, 6, 152, 156, 171
National Post, 95, 137, 309
Natural, The (Klein), 6
Naylor, Jonathan, 196–97
Neinstein, Gary, 142–44, 145–47, 323–24, 325, 328
Nelson Daily News, 262–63
New Democratic Party (NDP), 200, 201, 205–8
New York Supreme Court, 297
New York Times, The, 14, 17, 30, 111, 113, 115
Newbury, Mary, 126–27, 129, 130
Niagara Board of Police Commissioners, 98
Nicholson, Lisa, 138–39, 140
Normand, Jean, 284, 288, 289
Notre Dame Magazine, 9
Nova Bancorp Group, 119
Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 135–36, 138, 139, 140–41, 145, 201, 202, 211
Nova Scotia Conservative Party, 208, 212
Nova Scotia Controverted Elections Act, 208
Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission, 213
Nova Scotia legislature, 201, 202–7
Nova Scotia Liberal Party, 207
Nova Scotia politics, 212–13
Nozick, Michael, 216
Nunn, Merlin, 208
Nurgitz, Nathan, 76
obsessive-compulsive disorder, 9
O’Doherty, J., 172–73
Onex Corp., 45
Ontario Bar Association, 151
Ontario Court of Appeal, 64, 300
Ontario Family Benefits Act, 141
Ontario Conservative Party, 43, 97, 98, 102
Ontario Court of Appeal, 163, 173, 292–93, 304, 305, 315
Ontario Court of Justice, 293–95
Ontario Disability Support Program, 174–75
Ontario Legal Aid Plan, 11, 293–94, 305–6, 311
Ontario Reports, 65
Ontario Transport Board, 97
organized crime, 85, 87, 90, 104, 110
Orr, Glen, 94, 96
Osgoode Hall (Toronto), 31, 39, 153, 159, 299
Ottawa Citizen, 147–48
over docketing, 11–12, 31, 313 (See also billing practices)
overwork, 9, 29, 46, 101, 184, 305
Oziewicz, Estanislao, 160–61
Panchuk, Don, 100
Parlee Irving (law firm), 118
Pavey, Andrew, 138–41
Pelican Narrows (SK), 178, 180–81, 186, 194–95
Perfectly Legal (Johnston), 111
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, 180, 194 (See also Cree nation)
Petrone, Alfred, 154, 170, 172, 175, 176
Pilzmaker, Martin, 3, 42: arrest, 36; as perceived by others, 33, 34–45, 38, 40; charges, 36; disbarment, 39; –Donaldson relationship, 39–40, 49–50; law practice, 33–34; motivation, 51–52; professional misconduct, 35–37; suicide, 5, 32, 39
Pitbaldo (law firm), 220
Pocklington, Peter, 119–20
Pornography: The Other Side (Christensen), 137–38
Posner, Gerry, 216
Powell, Betsy, 97
Prichard, Robert, 45
Priest, Robert, 303
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act, 104–6
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, 105, 109–10
Professional Conduct Handbook for the Law Society of British Columbia, 145
Project Devise, 69
Project OJUST, 99
prostitutes, 136, 137, 152, 155, 156, 157, 161, 162, 164–70, 173, 178
Protect Yourself from Your Lawyer (Chen), 74
Province, The, 251, 252–53, 291
Prudential PLC, 19
psychopaths, 6, 7–8, 26, 30, 177, 193, 314
Quebec Bar Association, 276, 278, 290, 283, 284–89
Quebec Court of Appeal, 284–85, 286, 287, 289
Quebec Professional Code, 284, 285, 286
Quebec Superior Court, 279, 288
Quenneville, Luc, 264, 265
Ramsey, Peter, 134–35
Ray, Robert, 7
RCMP, 69, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80–81, 85, 86, 88, 90–91, 96, 99, 100, 108, 109, 110, 177, 178, 179, 186, 187, 191–92, 195, 218, 244, 262, 264, 291, 301–2, 322, 326
readmission to bar, criteria, 61–62
Red Mile Resources Fund Limited Partnership, 133
Reesor, Steve, 101
Reminder, The (Flin Flon), 196
Report of the Auditor General of Canada (2004), 108
Revenue Canada, 122
Rinaldo, Michael, 92, 93
Ripley, Don, 212
risk-taking behaviour, 6–7, 52
Roach, Charles, 304
Rodgers, Patrick, 68
Rose, Norman, 135–36, 138
Rosenfeld, Simon, 328: arrest, 92; charges, 92, 93, 94, 322; discharge hearing, 93–94; disciplinary action, 95–96; jail, 322; lifestyle, 93–94; money laundering, 85–92, 95; trial, 94–95
Ross, Peter, 161, 162, 163–64, 166, 167, 173
Rovet, Ernest, 48–49
Royal Bank of Canada, 217
Ruble, R.J., 112, 115
Ruby, Clayton, 292
Saccary, Cecil, 207, 208
Saint-Onge, Jean, 288
Sansregret, Amande, 71
Sargent, Frank, 163
Saskatchewan NDP, 325
Scace, Arthur, 55–56, 57, 58
Scalia, Antonin, 9
Scheef & Stone (law firm), 113–14
Schiltz, Patrick, 8–9
Schmitz, Cristin, 147–48
Schneider, Stephen, 108–9
Schwartz, Gerald, 45, 216
Schwartz, Richard, 232–33
Scotia McLeod, 97
Scott, Ian (attorney general), 102, 303
Scott, Ian (lawyer), 159, 161, 165–69
Seabright, Paul, 312
Seductions of Crime (Katz), 6
selective prosecution argument, 161, 162–63, 164
Seligman, Martin, 9–10, 314
Semenak, Susan, 277, 279, 280
Sentinel Hill Entertainment Corp., 122–24, 126, 127–31, 133
sexual misconduct, 1, 5–6, 26, 29, 134–51, 178–79, 185–86, 197, 317, 323–25, 328
Shead, Alice, 219, 220
Shead, Elly, 219, 221
Shead, Richard, 5, 8, 219–20: character, 215, 222–23; charges, 218; disbarment, 224; disciplinary hearing, 224, 232; law practice, 216; motivation, 230–31, 232–33; perception of by others, 216, 221, 222, 225, 231, 232, 233; professional misconduct, 216–17; sentencing, 218; trial, 224–29
Shead Mortgage, 226, 227–28, 230, 231
Sheriff, Stephen, 38
Shoniker, Eddie, 85, 97, 98,
328: arrest, 99; disciplinary action, 98, 103; jail, 322; money laundering, 99–100, motivation, 101–2; political connections, 97, 98, 102; self-perception, 322; testimonials, 101; trial, 100–1
Shortell, Ann, 120
Shulman, Justice, 72–73
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood (law firm), 112–13, 114–15
Siggins, Maggie, 180–81, 194
Sigurdson, Jon, 249–50
Silvertip 1110 Enterprise Ltd., 261
Singleton, Bessie, 258
Singleton, Kenneth, 258
Singleton, Marvin, 328: academic career, 256, 259; arrest, 257, 265; charges, 257; extradition fight, 256, 257, 265–68, 270–71, 274, 326; habeas corpus application, 268, 269, 271; jail, 268–69, 271–74, 326; law practice, 260; opinions about, 257–58, 259, 270; professional misconduct, 260–64, self-perception, 259, 260; trial, 327; as writer, 256, 264, 289
Singleton, Solveig, 264
Skimming v. Goldberg, 217
Skimming, Donna, 217, 218, 226
Skimming
, Hugh, 217–18, 226
Skogstad, Don, 261–62
Slobogian, Brian, 223–24
Soave, Ben, 100
solicitor–client privilege, 85, 86, 95, 100, 104, 106–7, 109, 112, 274–75
Solicitors Act, 315
Somalia Inquiry (1995), 98
Spitzer, Eliot, 296–97
StarPhoenix (Saskatoon), 182–83
Stockton Financial Services Corp., 227
Stracher, Cameron, 6
Strother, Robert Collingwood: background, 118; disciplinary action, 130, 319; disgorgement order, 128–30; education, 118; legal practice, 117, 118; lifestyle, 133; opinions about, 118; professional misconduct, 121–25, 319; trials, 125–32
Strother v. 3464920 Canada Inc., 320
suicide, 5, 32, 39, 46, 159–60, 186
Sullivan Media, 132
Sun Mortgage, 229, 233
Supreme Court of British Columbia, 250
Supreme Court of Canada, 2, 9, 77, 116, 130, 132–33, 276, 285–87, 300, 319–21, 328
suspensions, 18, 47, 49, 73, 134, 139, 142, 147, 149, 201, 281, 282, 323–24
Swayze, A.G., 46
Swedlo, Kris, 66–67, 69, 70–71, 75–76, 77
Synpro Environmental Services, 93
Tapper Cuddy (law firm), 233
tax-assisted production services financing (TAPSF). See film industry tax shelters
tax shelters, 25–26, 111–33
terrorism, 97–98, 105, 107, 266
“Tesco law,” 317
Then, Justice E., 164, 169–70, 173
Thunder Bay elite, 6, 161: use of underage prostitutes, 162–63, 164
Thunder Bay police, 156, 158, 161–62, 166
Thunder Bay Post, 157
Topp, Robert, 159
Toronto-Dominion Bank, 54, 238, 245
Toronto Integrated Proceeds of Crime Section (RCMP), 100
Toronto Star, 40–41, 97, 212, 291, 306
Toronto Sun, 299
Torstar, 45
Toughill, Kelly, 212–13
transparency response, 247
Trudeau, Pierre, 144
trust, 1, 3–4, 24, 31, 142, 174 (See also fiduciary duty)
Twinney, Raymond, 98
United Nations, 102, 103, 327
United Steelworkers of America, 99
University of Alberta, 70, 137
University of British Columbia, 236, 237
University of California, Berkeley, 256, 258
University of Manitoba, 67–68, 70, 74, 182, 216, 259
University of Oslo, 259
University of Ottawa, 97, 291
University of Toronto, 40, 41, 45
University of Western Ontario, 2, 10
U.S. Department of Justice, 269
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 92–93
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 114–15
U.S. Social Security Administration, 262
U.S. Supreme Court, 114
Valey, Robert Wayne, Jr., 156
VanCity Savings Credit Union, 245
Vancouver Sun, 43, 96, 132, 164, 223, 239, 244, 254, 326
Vietnam War, 258, 259
Vilcek, Milan, 166
Vinett, Renée, 99, 100
Vinson & Elkins (law firm), 17–18, 118
Visatacion-Lewis, Laura, 297
Vlassoff, Linda, 166
Wachovia Bank, 88
Wall Street Journal, The, 6
Walsh Micay (law firm), 70, 72
Ward, Doug, 220–21, 231
Warren, Sheilagh, 154
Warren Commission, 258–59
webimmigration.com, 78–80
Weisman, George, 61–62, 63
Whitside, Kim, 232–33
Whybrow, Peter, 52
Wilson, Dave, 207, 208
Winnipeg Free Press, 74–75, 76, 79, 218
wiretaps, 69, 70, 71, 74, 100
Wirick, Karen, 238, 249, 252
Wirick, Martin, 5, 27, 328:bankruptcy, 245, 249–50; biggest fraud, 325–26; cost to law society,250–51; disbarment, 248; investigation, 244–46, 251–52, 326; legal practice,237–38, 252; motivation,236, 238, 240, 252; professional misconduct,239–47; and weakness in conveyancing system, 245–46
Without Conscience (Wirick),6, 7–8
Wolson, Richard, 222
Wong, Manli, 74–75
Wood, Gavin, 190, 231
Wood Gundy, 45
work/life balance, 9, 49
Yale University, 256, 258
York University, 108, 299, 308
Zazelenchuk, Gene, 81, 82
Zuker, Marvin, 227
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