Robert Glen Orris

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

Glen Orris, Q.C. entered into a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement admitting professional misconduct for communicating with jury panel members on April 25, 2019 during a 'faint hope' application, contrary to rule 5.5-1 of the Code of Professional Conduct. He answered jurors' questions and responded to comments outside the courtroom, leading to the jury panel being discharged. He had a prior 2013 conduct review for similar conduct. He agreed to a three-week suspension.

Duties found breached:

• No baseless or threatened misconduct report
• No improper communication with the court

Aggravating factors:

• Prior conduct review from 2013 for communicating and interacting with a juror at a gym during lunch breaks
• Communications led to discharge of the jury panel and adjournment of jury selection

Mitigating factors:

• Cooperative and apologetic when matter was raised
• Readily agreed to the remedial process recommended by Crown Counsel
• Entered into consent agreement and admitted misconduct