Mr. Sides, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. Mr. Weber did not participate in his Illinois disciplinary proceedings. He operated a chain of restaurants in the Tampa Bay area and unlawfully withheld over $100,000 in sales tax that should have been remitted to the State of Florida. Ms. Lane, who was licensed in 2006, was suspended for nine months, with the suspension stayed after six months by a six-month term of probation with conditions. 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 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. In 2016 and 2107, he made false statements to the police and to the Judicial Inquiry Board about his contacts with a friend of his who was the subject of a criminal investigation. Mr. Peterson, who was licensed in 2013, was suspended for six months. Mr. Cooper, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court. His wife, a paralegal at the firm, fraudulently opened accounts in the law firm's name using names of relatives and then used funds from those accounts to pay for law firm and personal expenses. In another matter, he did not adequately communicate with his client and failed to research issues involved in his client's matter. Mr. Steckel, who was licensed in 2000, was disbarred on consent. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Arizona suspended him for six months and one day, and required that, following a reinstatement hearing, he would be subject to probation and additional terms. Ms. Kooi was licensed in Indiana in 2009 and in Illinois in 2010. The Supreme Court of Missouri suspended him indefinitely with no petition for reinstatement to be considered for six months for mishandling client funds and engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. On at least 90 occasions, he used a credit card belonging to the real estate company for which he was in-house counsel to make unauthorized payments to merchant accounts he controlled. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for one year and until he is reinstated to the practice of law in New Jersey. Mr. Patel, who was licensed in 2012, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court after he pled guilty in a California federal court to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and manipulative trading. He also made false statements regarding his conduct to the investigating detective. He did not supervise non-lawyer employees of the firm who spoke with consumers about their potential bankruptcy matters, he did not supervise the handling of funds that clients paid to the firm, and he did not ensure that appropriate records were kept concerning the firms bank account. He neglected an incarcerated client's post-conviction matter and failed to communicate with that client. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2021. Mr. Ybarra failed to diligently represent clients in several matters, including divorce and family-law cases, made misrepresentations to clients about the status of their matters, and did not refund unearned fees to a number of those clients. While working as an investigator for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability ("COPA") in Chicago, she repeatedly, and without authorization, accessed a private database of police records in violation of the terms of her employment. In her written response to her opposing counsels subsequent notice of irregular documents, she falsely stated that the notary public had notarized the motions. Mr. Stephens, who was licensed in 1975, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. 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 website for the ARDC can be found at www.iardc.org . The Indiana Supreme Court suspended her for 90 days, beginning November 23, 2020, with 30 days of that suspension to be actively served and the remainder stayed subject to completion of at least two years of conditional probation. Jun 29, 2012. 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. 26037, 2010 PR 64 (Ill. Sept. 26, 2013). She took a $2,500 retainer to represent a client in a civil matter but did not pursue the matter, communicate with the client, or refund her unearned fee. As the manager of his own law firm, Mr. Cunningham did not review his law firm accounts, nor did he know the source of funds in those accounts or how the funds were expended. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for six months and until he is reinstated to the practice of law in Missouri. 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. Mr. McNabola, who was licensed in 1985, was censured for misconduct in connection with two separate matters. No lawyer may petition for reinstatement until [six months before] the period of suspension has expired. The ARDC may seek an interim suspension whenever an attorney has been charged with (as opposed to convicted of) a crime that involves moral turpitude or a crime that reflects adversely on the attorney's fitness to practice law, and there is persuasive evidence to support the charge. These attorneys will be responsible for paying the current year registration fee and a $25 per month reinstatement fee for the months they were on retirement status and/or removed due to lapsed registration. She made false statements to a federal judge about her authority to settle a case, then made additional false statements to her supervisors about the cases status. She did not provide legal services to a client after being paid to conduct a trademark search and review. ARDC is credited with the first major venture capital success story when its 1957 investment of $70,000 in equity ("70% of the company") and approximately $2 million in loans in Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) became valued at many times the amount invested after the company's success after its initial public offering in 1966.. ARDC continued investing until 1971 with the retirement of Doriot. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and entered an order reprimanding him and suspending him for nine months and until he is reinstated to the practice of law in Maine. Over the course of five months, he misappropriated over $30,000 from a supplemental needs trust established for his disabled client. The suspension is effective on June 9, 2022. The Illinois Courts Commission initiated a disciplinary matter against then-Judge Araujo based on this same misconduct and entered an oral ruling finding that he had committed the misconduct. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022. Ms. Edgar was licensed in Illinois in 1990 and in California in 2005. She also engaged in the unauthorized practice of law for approximately two months after having been removed from the roll of attorneys for failure to register, and she made false statements to the ARDC during its investigation of her case. The suspension is effective on April 6, 2021. The suspension is effective on April 15, 2022. The Supreme Court of Iowa publicly reprimanded him and suspended him for 60 days for neglecting several client matters, placing a client's signature on a document without authority, and entering a plea of not guilty for that same client and waiving her right to a speedy trial without consulting her. Ms. Murray, who was licensed in 2013, was suspended for six months and until further order of the Court and until she completes the ARDC Professionalism Seminar. The Supreme Court of California disbarred him based on his attempt to extort more than $200,000 from his employer, which resulted in a misdemeanor conviction and five-month sentence of imprisonment for the federal criminal offense of unauthorized access to a computer to obtain information. He failed to appear when required before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, made false statements about appearing before the bankruptcy court in an affidavit and to a third person, and made false statements to the ARDC about drafting the affidavit. Mr. Burr, who was licensed in 1995, was censured and required to complete the ARDC Professionalism Seminar within one year of the order of discipline. Ms. Yohanna, who was licensed in 2009, was suspended for six months. Then, in the course of seeking other employment, Mr. Paleczny falsely told at least four prospective employers that he had been laid off from his prior firm. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022. Mr. Freund, who was licensed in 1984, was disbarred on consent following his criminal convictions for the crimes of aggravated battery of a child, involuntary manslaughter, and concealment of homicidal death. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for 90 days. Ms. Reyes was licensed in Illinois in 2009 and in Colorado in 2010. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and entered an order disbarring him in Illinois. The payments totaled over $136,000. In another matter, following a dispute with his former partners that went to arbitration, Mr. McNabola issued a subpoena for an employee's cell phone records under the caption of the closed arbitration matter. He signed his personal injury client's name on a settlement release, falsely attested that he had witnessed his client's signature, used $36,641 of settlement funds without his client's authorization, and concealed his use of the client's funds. Following his conviction, Mr. Roth was sentenced to five years in prison. He failed to pursue a client's personal injury case, allowing the statute of limitations to expire. While working as an associate at a law firm, she submitted false billing records totaling 86.4 hours, which resulted in one of the firm's clients being overbilled by $40,176. 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 ARDC summaries contain the name of each disciplined lawyer, the community in which that lawyer last practiced, a brief summary of the misconduct and the disciplinary sanction ordered by the Court. Between March and May 2018, Mr. Rueda converted over $15,000 in four client matters due in part to his failure to keep appropriate trust account records. Mr. Moonen is currently suspended in Iowa on a separate case involving his failure to cooperate with Iowa disciplinary authorities' investigations. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. In a separate disciplinary matter, a referee appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a public reprimand against him for failing to promptly refund unearned fees to clients in two separate matters and mishandling client funds. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. He then made misrepresentations to the clients about the status of the lawsuits. Mr. Paleczny, who was licensed in 2018, was suspended for one year and until he completes the ARDC's professionalism seminar. 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. athaliah characteristics. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him until he is reinstated to the practice of law in Virginia. This page contains ARDC summaries of recent disciplinary decisions issued by the Supreme Court of Illinois. Mr. Araujo, who was licensed in 1993, was disbarred for sexually harassing three women: a Chicago police officer, a court reporter and an Assistant State's Attorney, while he was acting as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge. Mr. Henneberry, who was licensed in 1981, was disbarred on consent. He converted over $38,000 that he was supposed to hold for a third party in a real estate transaction by giving it to another client without the third partys consent. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for nine months and until he is reinstated to the practice of law in Virginia, effective on October 13, 2023, when his current Illinois reciprocal suspension is due to end. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. She did not diligently handle two dissolution of marriage matters and one child custody matter, and she repeatedly failed to respond to clients' requests for information about their cases. Updated. He dishonestly converted $13,906.56 in funds belonging to two clients, failed to refund unearned fees, neglected and failed to effectively or timely communicate the status of matters to three clients, and failed to reduce two contingent fee agreements to writing. Ms. McCloskey was licensed in Illinois in 1988 and in Missouri in 1987. He converted over $29,000 in client funds to his own use, falsely reported the status of cases and settlements to his clients, and neglected a number of insurance subrogation matters. He abandoned his law practice and did not communicate with clients for an extended period. The Supreme Court of New Jersey issued an order prohibiting Mr. Bowe, whose New Jersey law license had been administratively suspended for failure to pay registration fees, from applying for reinstatement to the New Jersey bar for one year. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended Mr. Kovac for five months. Mr. Buhl was licensed in Illinois in 1985 and in Connecticut in 1987. STATE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF ATTORNEY - Chicago Tribune The ARDC's offices are temporarily closed to the public due to COVID-19. As an associate at a Chicago law firm, he falsely billed over 2,000 hours of time to a pro bono matter that had ended, which resulted in his being terminated. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado suspended her for one year and one day, with the suspension stayed after six months by two years of probation, subject to certain conditions, for mishandling client funds, failing to communicate with clients, and failing to supervise a person working in her law firm. In a bankruptcy matter, he filed a declaration by his client that purported to certify that the client had reviewed certain schedules and statements when he knew the client had not reviewed them. Mr. DeGrave was charged and convicted of one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and was sentenced to 60 days in prison followed by a two-year term of probation. She also settled a separate case without authority and made false statements to another attorney about the status of that case. Over the course of two years, while in the process of closing down his law firm, he converted over $8,000 that his firm had collected, and was holding, for a client. Mr. Duric, who was licensed in 1985, was disbarred. Ms. Kowalski, who was licensed in 2007, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. Mr. Ahn, who was licensed in 1991, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2021. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. While representing a client in a criminal matter, she falsified her client's signature on a written arraignment form and then made misrepresentations to the court about what she had done. Mr. Kolb, who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for 30 days. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2021. The suspension will be effective 7 calendar days after receipt of notice unless, an objection is filed. He communicated with a defendant in a criminal case whom he knew to be represented by counsel without consent of that defendant's lawyer. The Supreme Court of Missouri entered an order suspending him indefinitely and staying the suspension in full in favor of a two-year period of conditional probation. Mr. Pondenis, who was licensed in 2006, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. He also made false statements on his law school and bar admission applications and to the ARDC. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. After the New York court reinstated him to the practice of law in that State, the Supreme Court of New Jersey imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for six months. In two separate matters, Arizona disciplinary authorities disciplined Mr. Wittig. Antonio Brown's Snapchat account has been suspended in the wake of the former NFL receiver posting a sexually explicit image of the mother of his children, TMZ . The suspension is effective on June 9, 2022. Ms. VanAusdall, who was licensed to practice in 2003, was suspended for one year. He failed to properly communicate with his clients, waitresses who were the subject of charges that they had violated a local ordinance, and improperly represented the women despite a conflict of interest arising from his concurrent representation of the restaurant chain that employed them. In 2018, Mr. Szymanski again was arrested for an incident in which he punched his spouse in the arm and attempted to punch her in the stomach, for which he was charged with two counts of resisting a peace officer and two counts of domestic battery. Mr. Tate was licensed in Missouri in 1995 and in Illinois in 1996. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for 60 days, followed by a term of probation subject to the conditions imposed by Arizona and continuing until he successfully completes the conditions imposed in Arizona. His misconduct arose from his Michigan criminal convictions for manufacturing marijuana, maintaining a drug house, and possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver. He also made misrepresentations to the client, a third party, and the ARDC, which included fabricating a file-stamp to make it appear that he had filed the brief. He failed to diligently handle a number of bankruptcy matters, did not adequately communicate with those clients, and made misrepresentations to those clients and his employer about the status of the cases. Mr. Roth, who was licensed in 1979, was disbarred on consent. 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. 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. 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. She also failed to cooperate with the ARDC's investigation of her conduct. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. Mr. Newport was licensed to practice in Illinois in 1990 and in Iowa in 1978. He was suspended for one year with the suspension stayed after 60 days in favor of an 18-month period of probation with conditions. 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