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regional wrap-up Josephy has been practising law in the Prince George region for 15 years and before going to law school spent four years as a legal information coun- sellor at the LSS Quesnel Commun- ity Law Centre. Kuczma was a former LSS staff lawyer and then served as a director of the Victoria Law Centre. Sicotte, a criminal lawyer and founding director of the Surrey Bar Association, participated in the Law Centre Program when in law school at the University of Victoria. Richards is the executive director of the Kamloops & District Elizabeth Fry Society and chairwoman of the Kam- loops Women's Resource Group Society. — JEAN SORENSEN jean_sorensen@telus.net Practice Management LexisNexis® Time Matters V ® Case management software that is FLEXIBLE Time Matters® practice management software offers powerful customization and automation features that effectively manage the elements of your workday — calendars, email, cases, clients, contacts, deadlines, communications, research, documents and more. Thousands of legal and business professionals trust award-winning Time Matters software to help them manage day-to-day information and activities. Discover how Time Matters can help your fi rm reach greater levels of productivity and profi tability. For more information, call 1-800-328-2898 or visit www.lexisnexis.ca/timematters. Download and Try Time Matters for FREE* * Download Time Matters free for 30 days. Certain conditions apply. Okanagan lawyer eteran criminal lawyer E. David Crossin, a partner at Vancouver's Sugden McFee & Roos LLP, has been hired by Vernon, B.C., lawyer Wil- liam Mastop to defend him in a rare case of a lawyer being charged under the Criminal Code of Canada's organized crime section. Disbarred Quebec lawyer Louis Pasquin was the first Canadian law- yer to be charged with gangsterism. He was sentenced to serve 54 months or 4.5 years in prison on gangsterism charges last June and is appealing. Crossin, who is known for repre- senting lawyers on personal matters and those relating to the Law Society of B.C., also represented Ripudaman Singh Malik in the Air India trial — one of B.C.'s longest court trials. RCMP in late January arrested and charged 43-year-old Mastop, a well-respected Okanagan lawyer, with allegedly participating in organized crime activities under s. 467.11(1) of the Criminal Code, which states that "every person who, for the purpose of enhancing the ability of a criminal organization to facilitate or commit an indictable offence" and "knowingly, by act or omission, participates in or contributes to any activity of the crim- inal organization is guilty of indictable offence." Asked if the case might open up a Charter challenge, Crossin did not rule out the possibility. "Perhaps, that might come out." RCMP "E" Division Project E-Pec- LexisNexis and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under licence. Time Matters is a registered trademark of LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. © 2010 LexisNexis Canada Inc. All rights reserved. cant investigators arrested and charged Mastop for his alleged involvement with "The Greeks," a gang that police maintain is based out of the Okanagan and currently has five members in custody and before the courts on three homicide charges. Police, in a press release, claim the Greeks have dealings with the Calgary chapter of the Hells 14 M AY 2010 www. C ANADIAN Law ye rmag.com ntitled-4 1 3/16/10 3:00:36 PM Crossin hired to represent