Mary Jo Leddy

: It a suspension too little too late." In a rare move, Leddy, Legal Aid Ontario and the Canadian Romani Alliance had sought intervenor status at the hearing to allow victim impact statements to be heard by the Law Society disciplinary panel, according to CBC. That application was rejected. The sentence prompted several advocates for the Roma to storm out of the meeting calling the sentence a "sham." "I was appalled," said Mary Jo Leddy, founder of Romero House, a Toronto organization that assists refugees. "It was clear the Law Society had made a deal with the lawyer. Ruined thousands of lives "It not a just punishment," said Lazlo Sarkozi, a Roma refugee who came to Canada five years ago. He failed to show up for hearings, submit or translate key documents as evidence and he mixed up clients' stories – all of which undermined their accounts of persecution. He wanted Hohots disbarred. "They might be able to bend laws but they cannot bend justice and this is not justice what just happened. "These lawyers they ruined thousands of lives and they all had to go back to Hungary where there is massive racism." Hohots took on more than 5,000 Roma refugee claimants between 2009 and 2013 – almost all Legal Aid cases. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.