Timothy Harmar has been immediately stripped of his licence after a tribunal found he did not cooperate with three Law Society investigations and withheld documents required under professional rules
A tribunal has ordered the immediate revocation of a Sault Ste. Marie lawyer’s licence, citing findings that he practised law while under administrative suspension and failed to provide required documents.
A Law Society Tribunal decision made Friday found that Timothy Harmar has engaged in professional misconduct and immediately stripped him of his licence to practise law.
“The respondent failed to co-operate and failed to respond to the Law Society regarding three investigations by failing to produce all the information and documents, including books and records required to be maintained under section 18 of By-Law 9, despite requests made by the Law Society between June 2025 and February 2026,” said the Law Society Tribunal in its decision.
Harmar was also found to have practised law while under administrative suspension between April 28, 2025, and May 16, 2025.
Harmar was previously employed by Wishart Law Firm in Sault Ste. Marie.
In a statement, Wishart Law Firm office administrator Mary Thibeault said the following: “Tim Harmar has had no association with Wishart Law Firm LLP in any capacity since October 2023. The firm has no knowledge of his professional status or activities since that time.”
Two complaints brought forward against Harmar allege he used AI tools to write up factums for use in court. In at least one of those cases, the judge noted principles set out in Harmar’s factum did not match the actual findings of a real case that was cited.
In that case, Harmar conceded he had prepared the factum using AI software and admitted he had not verified the content by reading the case.
Harmar was not formally tried or found guilty of misconduct for using AI software, but the Law Society demanded explanations and client files while launching investigations into whether his AI use meant he failed to act with honour and integrity — misleading the court.
Harmar ignored those requests, the tribunal found.
He also failed to cooperate with investigations about practising law while he was administratively suspended.
The suspension is ordered until such a time that he complies with the tribunal’s requests. He also faces a two month suspension, to begin after any other suspensions are lifted.
Harmar must comply fully with the terms of the Law Society’s Guidelines for Lawyers Who Are Suspended or Who Have Given an Undertaking Not to Practise while suspended.
He must also pay costs to the Law Society in the amount of $4,292 by the deadline of July 10, 2027.
Last year, Sudbury city councillor Bill Leduc alleged wrongdoing by Harmar, who was acting as his lawyer.
The tribunal decision does not specify if that incident is related to its decision.
Leduc alleged that Harmar’s conduct during the course of legal proceedings “resulted in costs being incurred without reasonable cause and has contributed to undue delay.”
Specifically, Leduc wrote, “multiple hearings were rescheduled due to his failure to attend court appearances he had confirmed he would attend, and due to his failure to file required materials in accordance with deadlines.”
Further, Leduc alleged a factum provided by Harmar “contained references to case law that was allegedly fictitious or non-existent.”