Mr. Ruggiero, who was licensed in 1992, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court after the ARDC's Inquiry Board authorized the filing of a formal disciplinary complaint charging him with dishonestly misappropriating more than $260,000 to which he had access as trustee of his late aunt's trust. Generally. While handling a federal civil matter, she failed to comply with court orders to file certain documents by specific deadlines, did not address controlling caselaw in her arguments and pleadings or understand relevant legal documents or procedures, and did not review pleadings that her paralegal had drafted before she filed them with the court. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended her for six months and until she is reinstated to the practice of law in Arizona, followed by a term of probation subject to the conditions imposed in Arizona and continuing until her Arizona probation is completed. Mr. Kelly, who was licensed in 1987, was suspended for three months. Mr. Barrett was licensed in Illinois in 1990 and in Wisconsin in 1991. Robert John Hankes, Warrenville Ms. O'Brien, who was licensed in 1998, was disbarred. The suspension is effective on December 7, 2021. In addition, he misrepresented to the ARDC the amount of restitution he had paid to the credit card company. Mr. Field, who was licensed in 2011, was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court. He was suspended for one year with the suspension stayed after 60 days in favor of an 18-month period of probation with conditions. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022. In 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, suspended him for six months and until further order of the Court for misappropriating $6,250 in settlement funds and failing to promptly comply with his client's reasonable requests for information. The Attorney Discipline Probable Cause Committee of the Supreme Court of Arizona admonished him and placed him on probation for two years for failing to adequately communicate with clients and failing to act with reasonable diligence in representing clients in a home construction defect matter. Mr. Bowe was licensed in Illinois in 1982 and in New Jersey in 1984. While acting as an Assistant States Attorney, he provided incomplete or false information to a judge in order to cause the judge to set a lower bond amount for an individual under arrest. The suspension is effective on February 7, 2023. Mr. Cooper, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court. The Indiana Supreme Court suspended him for three years, without automatic reinstatement, for failing to act with diligence in a criminal matter and a paternity case, failing to properly communicate with clients, and not cooperating in his own disciplinary proceedings. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. Mr. Schulz was licensed in Illinois in 1968 and in Virginia in 1982. The suspension is effective on February 11, 2021. Mr. Furlett, who was licensed in 1979, was censured. The suspension is effective on February 11, 2021. When an investigation ensued, she falsely reported that another COPA investigator, whom she wrongly suspected of having reported her misconduct, was planning on carrying out a mass shooting at the COPA office. Over a period of approximately three weeks in 2015, she sent dozens of emails, text messages, and other communications to attorneys in Florida with whom she was then engaged in a dispute. In addition, in a subsequent disciplinary matter, the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Arizona suspended Mr. OConnor for 60 days and placed him on a two-year period of probation upon his reinstatement for eliciting false testimony from his client and making a false statement to Arizona disciplinary authorities. He also made improper and abusive statements to his landlord and the landlord's wife in electronic messages while representing himself in an eviction matter pertaining to his law office. In a 2018 matter, he was admonished and placed on probation for two years for failing to notify a third party of his receipt of funds in which the third party had an interest and failing to distribute funds. Ms. Beran, who was licensed in 2000, was suspended for six months and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed after 30 days by a two-year period of probation with conditions. Mr. Potere was licensed in Illinois in 2012 and in California in 2015. In July 2017, the Superior Court for the Judicial District of Middlesex, Connecticut, suspended him until 1) he successfully completed a two-year period of probation in a criminal matter for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor or drugs, and 2) he is reinstated to the practice of law in Connecticut, where was administratively suspended for failure to pay a mandatory Client Security Fund fee. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. Ms. Allen, who was licensed in 2014, was suspended from the practice of law for one year and until further order of the Court. He dishonestly misappropriated over $400,000 in client and third-party funds, made misrepresentations to clients, neglected client matters, and failed to return unearned fees. Mr. DeGrave, who was licensed in 2015, was suspended for one year and until further order the Court for striking his then-wife in the face during an argument, which led to injuries requiring surgery. He delayed in filing a probate case and misled his client about the case's status. She failed to act diligently on a client's domestic relations matter, failed to adequately communicate with the client, and filed a pleading in the case containing false statements. Mr. Steckel, who was licensed in 2000, was disbarred on consent. Over the course of five months, he misappropriated over $30,000 from a supplemental needs trust established for his disabled client. Ms. Jones, who was licensed in 2014, was suspended for nine months. She employed a former California attorney who had resigned from the bar with disciplinary charges pending and permitted him to handle client funds over approximately an eight-month period. Ms. Biagi, who was licensed in 2014, was suspended from the practice of law for five months. To verify that a particular lawyer is the respondent named in a proceeding, please call the Clerk's Office of the ARDC at (312) 565-2600 or within Illinois at (800) 826-8625. The suspension is effective on December 14, 2022. He also prepared and had that defendant sign a typewritten incriminating statement, which he then filed with a motion to reduce bond in his own client's case. The suspension is effective on February 11, 2021. He converted over $67,000 in settlement funds belonging to a client and third parties in a workers' compensation matter. Mr. While acting as an attorney agent for Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. in connection with various real estate matters, he converted $11,123 belonging to ATG and provided altered bank statements to ATG in order to conceal his conversions. According to the release from the ARDC,. Mr. Tate was licensed in Missouri in 1995 and in Illinois in 1996. His misconduct arose from his felony convictions in Florida for theft of sales tax. The suspension is effective on December 14, 2022. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. Mr. STATE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF ATTORNEY - Chicago Tribune The ARDC's offices are temporarily closed to the public due to COVID-19. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. Mr. Ms. Durbin was licensed in Missouri in 1986 and in Illinois in 1987. In the course of representing a client in an immigration matter, she failed to file an application to adjust the client's visa status, made false statements about the status of the matter to the client, and generated two fabricated emails purportedly from an immigration agency in order to mislead the client about the status of the matter. Ms. Calloway, who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. What is the ARDC? She also failed to cooperate with the ARDC's investigation of her conduct. Rod Blagojevich After CBS 2 reported on the ARDC complaint, Dickler suspended Pasulka from serving as guardian ad litem in Cook County and removed him as the chair of . Mr. Sivia, who was licensed in 2005, was censured and ordered to complete the ARDC Professionalism Seminar within one year of the entry of the Court's order. Mr. Sides, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. Jun 29, 2012. She also filed a brief on appeal in a client's immigration matter without complying with mandatory legal authority concerning claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The suspension is effective on February 7, 2023. She did not provide legal services to a client after being paid to conduct a trademark search and review. A suspension until further order of the Court is an indefinite suspension which requires the suspended lawyer to petition for reinstatement after the fixed period of suspension ends. A lawyer suspended for more than six months or a disbarred lawyer shall be reinstated or readmitted only upon order of the court. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended her for one year and until further order of the Court. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for 30 days. The insurance company made a counteroffer, and Mr. Kolb purported to enter into a settlement agreement despite never having taken steps to substitute the deceased client's estate as the claimant. In another matter, he did not adequately communicate with his client and failed to research issues involved in his client's matter. Mr. Bartelsmeyer, who was licensed in 1992, was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court. Please note: Some lawyers named as respondents in disciplinary proceedings may have names similar to other lawyers on the master roll of attorneys. He also made false statements regarding his conduct to the investigating detective. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. A suspension until further order of the Court is an indefinite suspension which requires the suspended lawyer to petition for reinstatement after the fixed period of suspension ends. Mr. Peterson, who was licensed in 2013, was suspended for six months. ILLINOIS - The Illinois Supreme Court's Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission has announced the suspension of two central Illinois attorneys. He also misappropriated approximately $690,000 in funds that he had agreed to hold in trust related to two real estate transactions, transferred approximately $943,000 from his client trust accounts to his operating account without identifying the purpose of the disbursements or the client associated with them, and commingled more than $350,000 of operating account funds with client funds. The suspension is effective on February 10, 2022. In her written response to her opposing counsels subsequent notice of irregular documents, she falsely stated that the notary public had notarized the motions. January 17, 2023 3:31pm. He accomplished the conversion by reactivating a dormant client account at the law firm at which he was a shareholder, creating and sending multiple false invoices, directing payments to the formally dormant account, and submitting fraudulent reimbursement requests to his firm's accounting department. 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