Law Society of Alberta

I should have not bothered as I read all the reviews here of all these innocent people. This association advertises itself as the one that restores balance in the unfair cases with lawyers but they don’t even try to investigate your claim. I had a 10 pages claim against my lawyer for negligence after she ditched my case last minute and I ended up paying her $7500. I spent 4 weeks collecting evidence and 5 weeks compiling all the emails to support my case. Brett Stuart, a person from ALIA received my documents on Friday and I don’t think these people work on weekend. On Monday she obtained another piece of evidence from me which was a final document that proved I was entitled to my money back and in less than 24 hours I hear from her assistant (because she didn’t have the guts to tell me herself) that after obtaining evidence from the lawyer she concluded I have no basis for my claim. In order to obtain any evidence from the lawyer, the lawyer first needed time to collect it. With lawyers’ busy schedule I don’t believe she did. After I asked for a copy of this evidence to see what is there so substantial to reject my claim, they told me they cannot share the lawyer’s information with me but they shared my information with the lawyer. This investigation was absurd and didn’t even take place! I complained to the manager but of course she backed up her employee and rejected my concern. Don’t waste your precious time reporting anything to them, you will regret it at the end!

We bought a house. The day before possession we did a walk through and found that even a gas leak had not been fixed. We were assured that it would be fixed by the next day when we moved in. When we arrived at the house the day of possession the deficiencies were not fixed. The lawyer for the seller demanded we release conditions and rewrite the contract releasing all conditions. We had no choice but to agree as all our possessions were sitting in a moving van in the driveway and we were paying movers $350 per hour to sit there doing nothing and had nowhere else to put our things. We filed a complaint with the law society as holding a person hostage to renegotiate a contract is definitely not how a lawyer should behave. Here we are 1.5 years later and the law society has done nothing, literally nothing. Self regulation is a privilege but the law society has no understanding of their duty to protect the public. I will be taking my concerns to our MLA as this is a profession that should have greater public oversight and not be self-regulating.

I should have not bothered as I read all the reviews here of all these innocent people. This association advertises itself as the one that restores balance in the unfair cases with lawyers but they don’t even try to investigate your claim. I had a 10 pages claim against my lawyer for negligence after she ditched my case last minute and I ended up paying her $7500. I spent 4 weeks collecting evidence and 5 weeks compiling all the emails to support my case. Brett Stuart, a person from ALIA received my documents on Friday and I don’t think these people work on weekend. On Monday she obtained another piece of evidence from me which was a final document that proved I was entitled to my money back and in less than 24 hours I hear from her assistant (because she didn’t have the guts to tell me herself) that after obtaining evidence from the lawyer she concluded I have no basis for my claim. In order to obtain any evidence from the lawyer, the lawyer first needed time to collect it. With lawyers’ busy schedule I don’t believe she did. After I asked for a copy of this evidence to see what is there so substantial to reject my claim, they told me they cannot share the lawyer’s information with me but they shared my information with the lawyer. This investigation was absurd and didn’t even take place! Stay away from these scammers people!

I have to agree with other comments in that this organization will take the side of the lawyer rather than the general public's. The real victims, from middle and lower classes, have lost hard earned money to rich lawyers who are not reprimanded for malpractice. A classic example of the wealthy protecting the wealthy under the guise of an "institution" that appears to maintain justice and civility within society. It's absolute garbage. The investigation is free of charge but it is an utter waste of time and energy (and months, if not years, of waiting). Don't expect them to take your word for anything and be forewarned that they will interpret any evidence you have through a lens that best suits their needs rather than yours. If you have had any verbal conversations with a lawyer which aren't documented or recorded you are hooped as far as "evidence" goes. In other words, record all of your conversations because the elitist members of society cannot be trusted or held accountable for their actions, no matter how humiliating, dishonest and sickening they might be. This organization will keep nasty, crooked and sly lawyers bound to their titles with as much ease as high-risk re-offenders are released back into the community. I've not posted this review using my real name, so any further comments from the organization assuming that this is an illegitimate review should be disregarded.

This organization needs to be held to a higher standard.the delay in dealing with cases/claims allows lawyers that are breaking the law to continue breaking the law.

A terrible culture within from my experience, just another organization that protects one of their own and doesn’t even scratch the surface of any file. Alia will pretend they care but they don’t want to pay back, just take! I’ve revised table top answers that no bias has been formed to substantiate the claim, which is false and a lie!

Get ready round 2 this coming week Alia!

Guns out and ready

Absurd investigation into my claim. While I provided evidence of my claims, they “talked” with the lawyer and believed her lies at face value, without asking for proof of any sort. A farce.

An organization that seems to do nothing but protect corrupt lawyers unethical lawyers who are below reproach. Far far below reproach

They were very nice to me on the telephone and solved my problem by providing immediate information and I am thankful for the help.