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Law Times • November 12, 2012 Lawyer charged with murder in husband's death NEWS T BY YAMRI TADDESE Law Times lawyer Demitry Pa- pasotiriou aſter po- lice charged him this month with first- degree murder in his husband' of March 3, 2011, Al- lan Lanteigne was found dead On the aſternoon s death. Demitry Papasotiriou home near Ossington Avenue and Dupont Street. The 49-year-old, an accounting clerk at the Univer- sity of Toronto, died from obvious signs of trauma, according to To- ronto police. On Nov. 2, police arrested Papasotiriou, a 32-year-old in his he Law Society of Up- per Canada will launch a new investigation into suspended lawyer who was in Europe at the time of his husband' der. In addition, they're looking for a second suspect, Mladen Ivezic, a Mississauga, Ont., man also facing a murder charge. At the time of Lan- teigne's death, reports s mur- said he was bludgeoned to death. The law society will the monitor tions adviser at the law society. "The lawyer may face disci- and oſten starts an inves- tigation whenever police charge a lawyer with an offence, says Susan Tonkin, communica- situation pline, depending on the results of any criminal prosecution and the law society investigation." In September, the law society Lawyer gets lifeline from anonymous donor S BY YAMRI TADDESE Law Times doesn't yet know who has agreed to make the ultimate donation. For more than two decades, omeone out there wants to give a piece of their liver to Sam Marr, but the Toronto lawyer Marr has fought for his clients facing lawsuits, but a steadily de- teriorating liver has taught him that some battles are more dif- ficult than others. Marr went public with his plea for a live liver donor in the summer aſter doctors told him he would most certainly die without a transplant. But ear- lier this month, his wife' rang. It was the hospital. There was a donor who' s phone "They just told me there's somebody," says Marr. s a match. and grateful." dent, Marr was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a liver condition that' but eventually leads to death without a transplant. "I've always known this day was going to come," says Marr, s treatable who calls himself a "private per- son" and told only a handful of people about his condition over the years. Before receiving the call "I was thrilled and excited As a 23-year-old law stu- including his wife Susan, had come forward to be donors but none was a match. "I' donor is at some point because I' says Marr. "But if they want to remain anonymous, I respect that." A married father of two d like to know who the d like to express my gratitude," teenagers, Marr had lived with the condition relatively well until recently. But doctors have told him his situation is getting worse. His model for end-stage liver fessional misconduct. In its rul- ing, the LSUC said Papasotiriou had failed to comply with s. 33 of the Law Society Act. He didn't provide material facts in writing to his lender clients in a mortgage transaction, the ruling said. Papasotiriou is due in court via LT video link on Nov. 16. PAGE 3 suspended Papasotiriou for four months over allegations of pro- Pipella Law is currently hiring a full-time lawyer. We are looking for a junior lawyer with 1 - 3 years experience in litigation. We are a boutique law fi rm specializing in personal injury law. We work on a variety of fi les in a team-based environment and the successful candidate will be a team player who has excellent writing and inter-personal skills. We offer excellent working conditions, a competitive salary and solid benefi ts. Please forward your resumes to Pipella Law at kpipella@pipellalaw.com. disease score, the measure of the severity of his condition, had reached 17. His understanding is that 20 per cent of patients who reach 20 on the scale will die within three months and the vast majority will succumb within two years. Marr' ceased donor organ registry but not anywhere near the top. "It' s name is on the de- "They give you the organ based on medical need and I' be sicker to get an organ." Marr, a former president of s a bit of a catch-22," he says. d have to the Toronto Lawyers Associa- tion, says practising law is one of the ways he keeps his mind off his medical condition. "The silver lining is that it from the hospital, Marr had told Law Times: "I'm making this public now because the situation demands it." Doctors have told Marr they can't be 100-per-cent certain of the success of the transplant un- til aſter it happens. He' the procedure on Nov. 21. Several people had told him s to have they would get tested to see if they were match, says Marr, but not all of them let him know what the result was. 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