B.C. lawyer Hong Guo disbarred


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A wide array of professional misconduct findings, from trust account violations to conflicts of interest and misleading investigators, had plagued Hong Guo's legal career. Presently suspended Richmond lawyer Hong Guo has now been disbarred by the Law Society of BC, after recently been found to have committed professional misconduct for a fifth time and before she is to face four more hearings. According to a tribunal panel decision issued Nov. 17, Guo’s 23-year career as a lawyer in Canada appears to be done, barring any successful appeal of the decision that deemed Guo ungovernable. “The principles of specific deterrence, general...