A discipline hearing for a Fredericton lawyer facing more than a dozen complaints of fraud and misconduct, has been adjourned until further notice.
Stephen James Hill was suspended in February over multiple complaints of mishandling client’s funds
Allyson McCormack · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 24, 2025 5:29 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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A discipline hearing into complaints of professional misconduct has been adjourned until further notice. (Allyson McCormack/CBC)
A four day discipline hearing for suspended Fredericton lawyer Stephen James Hill, over multiple complaints of misconduct and misappropriated funds, has been adjourned until further notice.
Hill was suspended by the New Brunswick Law Society in February, pending a decision by a panel of the discipline committee. The hearing was scheduled for Nov. 25-28, but the day before it was set to begin, the matter was adjourned.
A notice on the New Brunswick Law Society’s website from Joleen Dable, Registrar of Complaints, said a “further Notice of Hearing will be available on the Law Society website once a new date has been determined.”
Earlier this month, the Law Society posted a nine page notice of complaint that outlined more than a dozen separate complaints of professional misconduct,
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