West Vancouver‘s mayor is facing calls to resign after having his law licence suspended.
On Wednesday, the Law Society of B.C. announced Mayor Mark Sager‘s law licence had been suspended for two years for professional misconduct.
“That’s an agreed settlement and I’m thrilled,” Sager said Wednesday when asked for comment about the sanction.
Sager has admitted that before becoming mayor, and while practicing law, he was in a conflict of interest in his role as executor and trustee of a client’s will.
According to the Law Society’s ruling, Sager “improperly withdrew from trust some or all of $40,000.00 in executor fees and $24,113.25 in management fees.”
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“The Respondent invoiced the estate $162,835.87 for travel expenses between August 19, 2012, and May 2, 2019,” it adds, finding “this conduct constitutes professional misconduct, conduct unbecoming a lawyer.”
Former West Vancouver city councillor Craig Cameron said the sanction casts a shadow on the office of the …