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Was Chief Justice Warren Burger referring to your lawyer? "... ours is a sick profession marked by incompetence, lack of training, misconduct and bad manners. Ineptness, bungling, malpractice and bad ethics can be observed in court houses all over this country every day ... These incompetents have a seeming unawareness of the fundamental ethics of the profession." Why are lawyers so rude?

"First they ignore you. then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Ghandi Where do lawyers come from Mommy? CanLaw is proudly independent and NOT AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH ANY LAW SOCIETY ANYWHERE. We are NOT lawyers. We caution all consumers to be very careful in dealing with any Law Society since they represent lawyers only. They do not represent you the client.

Do you have a complaint about your lawyer's bill? Please consult our page on dealing with lawyer's bills. There is a separate court procedure, known as an assessment, to deal with these complaints. It is not done by the Law Society. Assessment of lawyer's bills is done through the Court, not your local Law Society. Please look in the government section of the telephone book under Courts for the telephone number of the office near you.

	Law Societies in Canada are like unions for lawyers. They exist not for the protection of consumers from lawyers, but for the protection of lawyers from consumers. They will act only in the most extreme cases against incompetent, or dishonest lawyers and only when pushed to the extreme. They will seldom do anything to help consumers with legitimate grievances, so beware. If they acted against rude, arrogant, and obnoxious lawyers, they would never be able to rest. The Law Society of Upper Canada requires lawyers pay the interest on your money in their trust funds to the Law Society. This amounts to theft of nearly 3,000,000.00 a year from you the clients.
		Web sites of the Law Societies E-mails of Secretaries / Executive Directors For information The Law Society of British Columbia James Matkin, Secretary E-mail to LSBC The Law Society of Alberta Peter Freeman, Q.C., Secretary E-mail to LSA The Law Society of Saskatchewan Allan T. Snell, Q.C. Kirsten Logan, Q.C., Co-Directors of administration E-mail to LSS The Law Society of Manitoba Allan P. Fineblit, Chief Executive Officer E-mail to LSM The Law Society of Upper Canada John Saso, Chief Executive Officer Richard Tinsley, Secretary E-mail to LSUC Barreau du Québec Pierre Gauthier, Directeur général E-mail to BQ Chambre des notaires du Québec Richard Gagnon, Directeur général E-mail to CDNQ The Law Society of New Brunswick Michel Carrier, Executive Director E-mail to LSNB Nova Scotia Barristers' Society Darrel I. Pink, Executive Director E-mail to NSBS The Law Society of Prince Edward Island Beverly Mills Stetson, Q.C., Secretary-Treasurer E-mail to LSPEI The Law Society of Newfoundland Peter G. Ringrose, Executive Director E-mail to LSNF Law Society of the Northwest Territories Becky McCaffrey, Executive Director E-mail to LSNWT The Law Society of Yukon Jan Graham, Executive Secretary E-mail to LSY Tips on Hiring a Lawyer Legal Aid and YOU HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUR LAW SOCIETY Contacts, Tips, Effective Complaining Web and E-mail Links to Law Societies Copy your local newspaper Copy your MP LEGAL QUESTIONS? Please ask our lawyers. CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute. The master source for Canadian Federal and Provincial statutes, laws and regulations on the Internet. Master search engine for all Canadian Government Sites. LEGAL QUESTIONS? Please ask our lawyers.