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Recent News About Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Commission (ARDC)
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Ethics complaint filed vs Pritzker over unconstitutional 'election interference' 'anti-slating' law
An Arlington Heights lawyer, who is running as a Republican for the state House, has filed an ethics complaint against Gov. JB Pritzker, accusing him of violating his professional responsibilities as a lawyer holding public office by supporting a state law Democrats sought to use to block challengers to their candidates -
Foxx's Smollett 'kangaroo prosecution' statements 'unusual,' may trigger hard look from ethics regulators
But legal ethics specialist says regulators would have a hard time making ethics charges about Foxx's 'carefully worded' statements stick in this case, due to free speech considerations. -
Foxx, Cook County prosecutors could face possible sanctions for allegedly misleading public about Smollett case
Illinois Supreme Court rules state it is considered “professional misconduct for a lawyer to… engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" -
Prosecutorial misconduct responsible for ruin of $250 million insurance business, former broker asserts in book
CHICAGO – Former insurance broker Michael Segal, subject of a 2019 book holding his criminal conviction up as a disgrace, laments the lack of accountability for prosecutorial misconduct. -
IL Supreme Court disbars two lawyers over money matters, suspends seven, including attorney accused of misogyny
The state's attorney disciplinary body had accused the two disbarred of improperly convering thousands of dollars to their own use, and accused a Will County lawyer of using vulgar sex-based curse words and epithets vs female opposing counsel -
IL Sup Ct disbars 4, including Crystal Lake lawyer who threatened ARDC atty; ex-Dolton village atty among 5 suspended
The Illinois Supreme Court has imposed disciplinary actions against a dozen lawyers licensed to practice law in Illinois, including four who were disbarred. -
Appeals court OKs sanctions vs Brodsky client over appeal in suit vs Northwestern over photo taken in hospital bed
A state appeals court has approved sanctions against a woman whose attorney - a now suspended lawyer who once represented Drew Peterson - filed an appeal that judges said contradicts an established settlement and displays a "total lack of respect for the appellate process." -
ARDC accuses Chicago lawyer Mark McNabola of dishonesty, wrongly using jury note to turn trial loss into $25M settlement
State officials are seeking action against Chicago lawyer Mark McNabola, who allegedly engaged in various acts of misconduct, including allegedly wrongfully withholding information in court to clinch a $25 million settlement in a personal injury lawsuit. -
IL Supreme Court suspends Brodsky; Commission complained he revealed 'confidential' lawsuit funding deal, accused opponent of 'extortion'
Joel Brodsky, an attorney best known for leading the defense of Drew Peterson, has been suspended from practicing law in Illinois, after a state disciplinary agency accused him of ethical violations, including using a lawsuit to reveal a third-party litigation financing arrangement in a multi-million dollar patent infringement lawsuit over soup can containers. -
IL discipline board: Disbar lawyer who accused others of abuse, malpractice to control lawsuit vs Greyhound over mother's death
Panel says lawyer should be disbarred because he created a "tangled web" of accusations and frivolous lawsuits to gain control of the wrongful death lawsuit that followed the death of a mother who was crushed by a Greyhound bus in Colorado. -
Disbarred Chicago lawyer accuses Illinois ARDC of fraud in having his law license pulled
A disbarred Chicago lawyer is alleging the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission acted fraudulently, in recommending the Illinois Supreme Court yank his law license for allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in unwarranted fees from the estate of an elderly woman he represented, claiming the ARDC knew he deserved the money. -
IL Supreme Court disbars 8 attorneys, including ex-lawyer who tried to hire man to kill ex-wife; suspends 11
A former Homer Glen attorney who was convicted of trying to hire someone to murder his ex-wife is among a group of eight lawyers disbarred in May by the Illinois Supreme Court. The state high court also suspended 11 other Illinois lawyers, including a downstate lawyer who falsified his home address to seek election as a circuit judge. -
What's ahead for Smollett? Next steps could include civil lawsuits, questions over Foxx recusal
In the wake of the dismissal of charges vs actor Jussie Smollett, the city could have various cards left to play to recover the costs of the investigation or even reopen the case. -
State alleges Chicago lawyer used false excuse of stomach cancer to stall cases
State regulators say there are enough grounds to consider action against the law license of a Chicago attorney who allegedly engaged in several acts of dishonesty, which allegedly included repeatedly delaying court proceedings with false claims that he was suffering from stomach cancer. -
Seven lawyers disbarred, 10 others suspended by Illinois Supreme Court in January
The Illinois Supreme Court has disbarred seven attorneys, including an ex-prosecutor who pleaded guilty to taking $21,000 from the law firm for which she worked and tax lawyer who pleaded guilty to steering clients' income tax refunds to himself, using $83,000 of the money to buy a car. The court also suspended 10 other lawyers. -
Three lawyers disbarred, nine more suspended in latest round of IL Supreme Court attorney discipline
The Illinois Supreme Court has disbarred three lawyers, including a criminal defense attorney sentenced to 30 months in prison for not paying nearly $1 million in federal taxes, and suspended nine others, including a former McHenry County prosecutor convicted of stealing more than $21,000 from the law firm that employed her. -
IL Supreme Court disbars 10, suspends 16, including 'People's Attorney' radio host convicted of bank fraud
The Illinois Supreme Court has disbarred 10 lawyers, including a radio host convicted of bank fraud, and suspended 16, including a lawyer who attempted to extort their firm and another who created a fake online dating profile for another attorney and a fake Facebook profile for himself to berate the other lawyer in online reviews. -
Cook judge convicted of bank fraud, Wheaton lawyer sentenced for child sex assault among 17 lawyers disciplined by state
The Illinois Supreme Court has disbarred two lawyers, and suspended 13 others, including a Cook County judge convicted of bank fraud and another attorney who pleaded guilty to child sex assault, in its latest round of attorney disciplinary actions, announced in late May. -
Appeals panel: Third-party litigation funder can't pursue lawyer for client's failure to repay lawsuit loan
While raising questions about the conduct of a lawyer accused by a litigation funding firm of failing to live up to his end of a deal to safeguard funds secured from a woman’s wrongful death suit, a state appeals panel has said the third-party lawsuit funder can’t press its claims against the lawyer after his client failed to pay them what they claim she owed under the bargain. -
IL Supreme Court disbars four lawyers, suspends nine, inactivates removed Cook County judge
The Illinois Supreme Court has disbarred four lawyers, and suspended nine others, including lawyers charged with growing marijuana from a drug house, bank fraud and child pornography. The court also inactivated the license of a Cook County judge removed after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease amid a probe of her decision to let a law clerk preside over cases.