Prominent Edmonton criminal lawyer suspended for one year

A prominent Edmonton criminal lawyer is suspended from practising law for one year after being convicted of assault. 
The Law Society of Alberta issued a suspension notice Tuesday and said the Court of Queen’s Bench imposed the order on Renu Prithipaul, who also goes by Ravi Prithipaul. 
Prithipaul, a past president of the Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association, pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to three counts of assault. 
He was sentenced Oct. 6 to one year of house arres