Law Society Upper Canada and Genevieve Oger

Viktor Hohots: LAO has collaborated with the Law Society of Upper Canada on disciplinary proceedings in the past, according to Toronto Star. But this is the first time LAO has applied for intervener status, said Genevieve Oger, spokesperson for legal aid, which paid Hohots to represent asylum cases with taxpayer dollars. On Monday, LAO and three other community and advocacy groups will go before a disciplinary panel of the Law Society of Upper Canada seeking standing in the sentencing of Viktor Hohots, who pleaded guilty to professional misconduct in March for failing to adequately prepare the asylum claims of 13 of his clients. Hohots has represented hundreds of Hungarian Roma refugees in recent years. Jozef Pusuma, one of the complainants who sought sanctuary in a church for more than two years before leaving Canada voluntarily with his wife, Timea Daróczi, and daughter, Viktoria, has also submitted an impact statement. The other applicants seeking standing include the Canadian Romani Alliance, Roma Centre and Romero House, which are represented by prominent constitutional lawyer Mary Eberts, a former Law Society bencher. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.