Manitoba lawyer must pay $3.5K in fees after failing to respond to law society investigations

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· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 1:31 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

A Manitoba lawyer has been punished aft helium failed to pass with his regulatory assemblage arsenic required during investigations.

Dave Boyechko pleaded blameworthy to nonrecreational misconduct successful March aft helium failed to respond arsenic required to the Law Society of Manitoba regarding 3 investigations they were conducting, says a written determination by a instrumentality society disciplinary sheet dated April 10.

Members of the instrumentality nine indispensable respond successful penning wrong 2 weeks if the instrumentality nine sends them written announcement of an investigation, the determination says.

Boyechko and a instrumentality nine disciplinary sheet jointly recommended that helium wage a $1,500 good arsenic good arsenic $2,000 successful costs, the determination says.

He has been a subordinate of the instrumentality nine since 1989 and represented himself during the hearing.

Boyechko showed genuine remorse for his behaviour, the panel's determination says.

"He explained that erstwhile the investigations began, helium was plagued with overlapping concern and wellness issues, including 2 precise superior aesculapian incidents," the determination says.

Boyechko has besides taken steps to absorption connected his ineligible practice and marque it smaller and much manageable, the sheet wrote, adding that they were "impressed" by Boyechko's accountability for his actions.

Boyechko was antecedently ordered to wage $5,000 successful costs and fixed a one-month suspension by the instrumentality nine successful 2013, aft helium pleaded blameworthy to nonrecreational misconduct for sharing a edifice country with 1 of his clients in 2008, according to the instrumentality society.