James Bowie, an Ottawa lawyer already suspended for misconduct, is facing new allegations of sexual harassment from the Law Society of Ontario. The allegations involve four individuals, two of whom were clients, between 2018 and 2021. Bowie is also accused of breaching confidentiality, failing to cooperate with investigations, and other professional misconduct.
James Bowie has been suspended from practising law since December 2022 for failing to comply with multiple investigations by the Law Society of Ontario. This image of him was released by Ottawa police in April of 2023 after he was charged with trying to extort a client and threatening to kill her.
The criminal trial began in September but had to be adjourned and then postponed after sitting for one day due to issues his defence lawyer, Eric Granger, was having. Granger told CBC those issues had nothing to do with Bowie's case.He has pleaded not guilty to extorting Aubin and threatening to kill her on two separate occasions, as well as harassing another woman and trying to get her to obtain a firearm for him.
They also showed Bowie was the subject of 12 law society investigations including six allegations of sexual harassment.In correspondence with the law society and in documents filed in court, Bowie has said he's been dealing with mental health struggles. The Law Society of Ontario, formerly the Law Society of Upper Canada, was made trustee of Bowie's practice last year.
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