What is the appropriate suspension for a lawyer who is found guilty of sexual assault?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Neinstein, 2008 CanLII 48142 (ON SCDC):
In LSUC v. Coccimiglio (1991), a twelve month suspension was imposed where a lawyer had been found guilty of sexual assault (for which he was initially sentenced to 30 days imprisonment), and he was found to have propositioned a client using sexually explicit language, including discussions about oral sex.
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