Posted: May 07, 2021 3:32 PM AT | Last Updated: May 7
Lawyer Adam Rodgers will be permitted three more months to practise law before a one-year suspension begins. The suspension was scheduled to start July 1.(Brett Ruskin/CBC)
Nova Scotia lawyer Adam Rodgers has been given three additional months to practise law before he must begin serving a one-year suspension for professional misconduct.
Rodgers was found guilty by a disciplinary committee of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society that looked into allegations surrounding the collapse of Rodgers s old law firm, Boudrot Rodgers.
The firm was shut down in October 2018 after it was learned one of the partners, Jason Boudrot, had been stealing from clients trust accounts.
Posted: Jan 12, 2021 7:03 PM AT | Last Updated: January 12
Nova Scotia lawyer Adam Rodgers now practises law by himself in the Port Hawkesbury area.(Laura Fraser/CBC)
A Nova Scotia lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct for events that led to the collapse of his law firm.
However, a disciplinary panel of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society found that the most serious charges against Adam Rodgers were not supported.
The society reached a settlement agreement with Boudrot in September 2019. While he did not admit guilt, he agreed to be disbarred. The RCMP has launched a criminal investigation into Boudrot s activities, but no charges have been laid.