January 25, 2015

Investigation Into Lawyer Taryn Burnett's Misconduct Still in Progress, Law Society Advises

The conduct manager at the Law Society of Alberta provided a further update to the complainant, by letter dated January 14, 2015, that the investigation of lawyer Taryn Burnett, with law firm Gowlings, remains in progress.

Ms. Burnett has now been under investigation for over one and a half years to date for her egregious misconduct while she was opposing defence counsel in the medical malpractice case Carbone v. Whidden. Ms. Burnett was removed from acting as defence counsel in that matter in May 2013, and replaced with colleague lawyer Megan McMahon.

In addition to the Law Society investigation, Ms. Burnett and Ms. McMahon face legal proceedings for malicious harassment, defamation, fraud and misleading of the court.

As reported in other posts in this blog, the defendants Ms. Burnett and Ms. McMahon have attempted to circumvent the charges against them by judge shopping for Court of Queen's Bench judge Justice E.C. Wilson to case manage the proceedings against them. The plaintiff has opposed the blatant judge shopping, and a conflict of interest matter, with an application to remove the judge.

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