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PAGE 16 WillBuilder Tel: 416.322.6111 Toll-free: 1.866.367.7648 doprocess com ntitled-7 1 The Reinventing the Will www Inside Story SUGIYAMA NABS LEADERSHIP AWARD Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP senior partner Constance Sugiyama has been honoured for her role in promoting women in the capital markets. The non-profit organization Women in Capital Markets recently awarded Sugiyama — whose practice focuses on cor- porate finance, mergers and ac- quisitions, and corporate gover- nance — its 2009 WCM Award for Leadership. supporter of WCM since its in- ception and is a mentor for wom- en in both the capital markets and the legal profession," said WCM CEO Martha Fell, in a release. "Not only has she advanced "Connie has been a tireless 1/26/09 3:38:37 PM WCM's mandate, but she's forged a path for many women to reach new heights of leader- ship in both their careers and their communities." Sugiyama is a founding board member and member of the ad- visory council for WCM, and the founding chairwoman of the Heather L. Main Memorial Scholarship Fund. She also was recently named chairwoman of the board of trust- ees for the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, becoming the first woman to hold such a position, according to the release. Sugiyama has over 30 years of practise experience, and served on Gowlings' national executive com- mittee from 2005 to 2007, and led its national corporate finance, securities, and public M&A group from 2002 to 2007. The leadership award goes to a decision, the law society deter- mined that the lawyer who was called to the bar in 1973 had en- gaged in professional misconduct by "disbursing trust funds held on behalf of his client, from his trust account, in contravention of a signed direction and to the detriment of an unrepresented party; misleading the law society when he asserted in a letter that he disbursed the above-noted trust funds in accordance with a signed direction, directing him to dis- burse the funds to a named party, when such direction was never signed and does not exist." Criminal charges relating to the incident were thrown out in November 2007 after a judge ruled 35 months was too long for Paradiso to wait for a trial. CBA SUPPORTS PAKISTAN MARCH The Canadian Bar Association has announced its support for Pakistan's legal profession and judiciary in a letter expressing support for the "Long March" that began March 12 to push for judicial independence and the rule of law. "We are with you in spirit," WHAT TIPPED YOU OFF MANSFIELD, La. — Terence Loyd was arrested last week after a gang of construction workers reported seeing him on his hands and knees, eating mud, and growling like a dog. Police suspect PCP con- tributed to Loyd's delusions. A small bottle of it, a half-pound of "high-grade" marijuana, and quarter-ounce of crack co- caine were seized during when the 32-year-old was arrested, said Lt. Horace Womack. "He was covered in mud when he was brought in. In fact, he had ingested so much mud that he was throwing up mud," Womack told the Shreveport Times. nied the man from Texas to a housing complex in Mansfield, La., told investigators he had been wandering around the complex and eating dog food. He was charged with pos- sessing all three drugs with intent to distribute them. He was placed in a cell where staff at the DeSoto Detention Cen- ter could keep an eye on him. A woman who accompa- A SERIOUS SOCCER HOOLIGAN BAGHDAD — Just as player Haider Kadhim lined up in the final minutes to kick a pen- alty shot against the opposing said CBA president Guy Joubert, in a release. "We believe that the rule of law is critical to a nation's prosperity and security. We applaud your ef- forts to engage in peaceful protest so that judicial independence, a key element of the rule of law, will again exist in Pakistan." senior executive — male or female — who has shown both profes- sional excellence and a commit- ment to advancing and support- ing women in capital markets. LAWYER DISBARRED The Law Society of Upper Can- ada has disbarred Vaughan law- yer Joseph Paradiso for profes- sional misconduct related to his trust account. In a March 5 hearing panel The CBA has long backed the fight for the rule of law in the country. In November 2007, the asso- ™ Bizarre march 23, 2009 • Law Times Briefs By Viola James team's goal, he was hit with a bullet. Hilla, 100 km south of Bagh- dad, during a soccer match be- tween amateur local teams. "As soon as Haider Kadhim was alone in front of the goal- keeper and close to equalizing, a fan in the crowd fired a pistol at him," a senior police officer in Hilla told Reuters. "We arrested this fan im- mediately but unfortunately the player died." It was the second soccer fatality in Iraq last week. The New York Times report- ed a winning goalie was acci- dentally shot dead by a secu- rity guard while fans from two other local teams celebrated Sinjar's win over Enana at a match also played near Hilla. An off-duty officer was fir- ing his pistol in the air during the celebrations, but lost con- trol of the gun. He shot Sin- jar's goalie in the head, killing the 18-year-old high school senior, Mohammed Amin, in- stantly. The shooting took place in GETTING HIS COMEUPPANCE LAGOS, Nigeria — It does kind of give you a warm and fuzzy feeling to hear that an Internet scammer has been caught and punished. Lawal was sentenced to 19 years for swindling an Australian wom- an out of $47,000 through an Internet scam. The Economic and Finan- Last week, Nigerian student Adekunle Nurudeen cial Crimes Commission said the 29-year-old was found guilty by a Lagos high court on 19 charges of obtaining money by false pretence and forgery. He met the woman in 2007 over the Internet and intro- duced himself as Benson Law- son, a British engineer work- ing in Nigeria. The 56-year-old woman told him she wanted a husband and Nurudeen, who is married with three children, applied claiming to be a 57-year-old widower. A few weeks later, Nuru- deen called the woman, intro- ducing himself as a doctor and informing her that her "fiancé" Benson Lawson had had an ac- cident and needed money for his treatment. The love-struck woman sent some money. Two weeks later Nurudeen called her, thanked her for her kindness, and said he would like to visit her in Australia so that they could consummate their relationship. He asked for cash for the trip. In all he had swindled the woman of $47,000 before his arrest. also ordered to reimburse the money he stole. EFCC said Nurudeen was LT Seen, heard, or been involved in a bizarre brief? Tell Viola James about it at viola.james@gmail. com. ciation wrote a letter to the high commissioner of Pakistan in Ot- tawa, in which it condemned the imposition of emergency rule, the removal of the judiciary, and beat- ings and arrests of lawyers who protested on behalf of imprisoned Supreme Court judges. The CBA also led a march of some 300 law- yers in Ottawa in support of their peers in Pakistan. LT STG_05_LT_BaseBar 8/16/06 8:52 AM Page 1 For more Inside Story, please visit www.lawtimesnews.com At Stewart Title, it's how we work that sets us apart. 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