Summary of Rule 4-59 - Administrative Penalty
David P. Dahlgren
Location: Vancouver, BC
Called to the bar: May 15, 2002
Penalty deemed to be admitted: November 7, 2022
FACTS
On October 4, 2022, an administrative penalty was assessed against David P. Dahlgren for $5000. The administrative penalty resulted from a breach of Rule 3-102 of the Law Society Rules 2015, which requires a lawyer to verify the identity of instructing clients, and a breach of 3-104, which requires a lawyer to retain an agent to verify the client’s identity if the client is not physically present before the lawyer.
Dahlgren did not retain an agent to verify the identity of an individual client in a non-face-to-face financial transaction in one matter, and did not verify the identity of an individual client in a second matter.
Dahlgren paid the penalty on November 7, 2022, and has therefore been deemed to admit the above breach per Rule 4-59(5)(a).