Updated June 20, 2018: Written reasons are available.
Vancouver, May 30, 2018 – A hearing panel of the Law Society has accepted a consent proposal ordering the disbarment of former Vancouver lawyer Angiola-Patrizia De Stefanis. In the consent proposal, De Stefanis admitted professional misconduct in relation to improperly withdrawing or misappropriating estate monies held in trust, misleading a beneficiary of the estate she was administering and making false representations to the Law Society.
At the time that the hearing panel received the consent proposal, De Stefanis had been a former member. The order for disbarment takes effect immediately, which means that she may not practise law.
The hearing panel’s written reasons are available here.
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Vinnie Yuen
Communications Officer
604.697.5836
vyuen@lsbc.org