Justin Singh Thind

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

Justin Singh Thind, a BC lawyer, entered a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement admitting professional misconduct relating to trust and general account accounting practices between 2017 and 2020, including depositing/withdrawing fees without delivering bills, creating misleading PCLaw and Practice Panther invoices, an unreported $5,000 trust shortage, numerous trust accounting rule breaches, and charging contingency fees without signed agreements. He performed sufficient work to earn the fees and no clients lost funds. No express finding of dishonesty was made. He agreed to a two-month suspension and to complete two trust accounting courses. No fine or costs were stated.

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead third parties or opponents
• Fair, reasonable and lawful fees
• No conflict between current clients
• No improper use of client money
• Accounting records, reconciliation and reports

Aggravating factors:

• Prior professional conduct record including two conduct reviews, one involving failure to meet financial obligations of his firm

Mitigating factors:

• Early admissions of misconduct
• Remedial steps to bring the firm's accounting practices into compliance (integrated Practice Panther billing, discontinued PCLaw, retained full-time bookkeeper, contemporaneous entries)
• No clients were missing funds as a result of the practices