A Sydney lawyer and former anti-drugs campaigner has been disqualified from the profession after being found guilty of drug supply charges.

Ugo Parente was convicted of three counts of supplying prohibited drugs and sentenced to four years jail in 2016 after a traffic stop found 100 MDMA tablets and cash in his vehicle. A later search of his house found more drugs.

A Sydney lawyer has been struck off the Law Society of NSW's registry. Credit:Peter Rae

In a Court of Appeal Supreme Court judgment, Justice Paul Brereton said the case “bears the hallmarks of tragedy,” that such a high-achiever could fall so far.

The Council of the Law Society of NSW sought to have Parente removed from the roll of Australian lawyers arguing he was not a fit and proper person.