Houtan Sanandaji

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Houtan Sanandaji, a BC lawyer, entered into a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement admitting conduct unbecoming in his personal life, including verbally abusing X, attempting to control or intimidate them, and using his lawyer status to discourage X from contacting police. He agreed to a three-month suspension. No express finding of dishonesty was made. Aggravating factors included a prior conduct record and the serious nature of the misconduct; mitigating factors included counselling, cooperation, and admission.

Duties found breached:

• Disclose adverse law to the court
• No taking unfair advantage

Aggravating factors:

• Prior professional conduct record (failure to complete payment of costs relating to a Credentials hearing between September and December 2020)
• Subject to interim condition/limitation on practice during the investigation
• Serious nature of the misconduct

Mitigating factors:

• Attended counselling sessions
• No indication of further similar conduct
• Fully cooperated with the Law Society
• Admitted his misconduct and consented to the suspension