The Law Society of Ontario has suspended the licence of the self-proclaimed “cocaine lawyer” accused of working for alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding ahead of his extradition case on a U.S. murder charge.

Deepak Paradkar’s lawyer, Ravin Pillay, told a tribunal on Friday that his client accepted the Law Society’s interlocutory application to suspend his licence in the wake of the U.S. criminal charges announced by authorities last month.

However, Pillay said after the hour-long hearing, “I think it’s important to state that Mr. Paradkar denies the allegations, maintains his innocence and intends to vigorously defend against the criminal charges at the appropriate time, in the appropriate forum and based on a full evidentiary record.”

Paradkar, 62, was arrested at his GTA home in mi

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