Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Commission (ARDC)
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Recent News About Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Commission (ARDC)
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Real lawyers know how to ask for help
When we read about lawyers being sanctioned by the ARDC, we never think that we would do the things they did. Since we think we are honest and ethical, it is easy to believe that the lawyers who get sanctioned must be dishonest and unethical. -
Three local attorneys disciplined by ARDC
Several local attorneys were sanctioned by the Illinois Supreme Court during the May term for engaging in professional misconduct, including failing to disclose a personal relationship, concealing evidence and improperly entering into a business transaction with clients. -
IDC spring symposium set April 13 will focus on cybersecurity
The Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC) spring symposium is scheduled April 13 at Gleacher Center in Chicago and will focus on cybersecurity, bringing together the top executives in the field to speak on the most pressing issues facing computer safety. -
Oral arguments: Gibbons filed ARDC complaint against lawyer for Vet commissioner Lavite
MOUNT VERNON – Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons alleged professional misconduct against lawyer Tom Burkart of Hamel, Fifth District appellate judges learned at oral argument on Feb. 21. -
Rare GOP primary contest for St. Clair County judgeship goes negative
Republican voters in St. Clair County will see something unusual on the ballot March 20 – two candidates vying for the same judgeship. -
Elections board rules for Hilmes in ballot challenge brought by GOP rival Ruocco
The Illinois State Board of Elections ruled Thursday that Republican candidate for St. Clair County circuit judge "B. Marshall Hilmes" will be allowed to remain on the ballot at the March 20 primary election. -
Suit alleging botched adoption settled
Adoption agency Family Choices, NFPC, reached a settlement with a couple alleging a Collinsville attorney’s undisclosed conflict of interest resulted in a botched adoption. -
Former LaSalle Co. state's attorney under indictment landed job as special prosecutor after voters ousted him
SPRINGFIELD – When the people of LaSalle County fired state’s attorney Brian Towne for actions worthy of indictment in the last general election, the people of Illinois hired him. -
Ruth denies dismissal in Edwardsville attorney’s defamation suit
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denied dismissal in an Edwardsville attorney’s defamation suit alleging a client’s opponent accused him of having low ethical standards and questioned his firm’s employee diversity. -
Porn hacking litigator John Steele disbarred
The state Supreme Court has disbarred porn hacking litigator John Steele, striking his name from the roll of licensed attorneys in Illinois. -
Illinois attorney before disciplinary board for alleged misconduct including taking clients' funds for side business
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has filed a complaint against attorney Mark Brian Moran of Aviston alleging he obtained funds from clients for a side business, didn’t fully inform them of their options regarding seeking independent counsel and failed to keep them informed properly about their case. -
Steele pleads guilty in Minnesota federal court; Lawyer had pursued porn hacking cases in St. Clair County
MINNEAPOLIS – John Steele, who shared in a $6 million gain from representing sham entities in courts including St. Clair County, pleaded guilty of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in U.S. district court on March 6. -
Attorney substitutes counsel in legal malpractice suit following former client’s motion to disqualify
Attorney Michael Reid filed a substitution of counsel in a legal malpractice suit after a former client said he and O’Fallon attorney Amanda Kelton Bradley Verett have “antagonistic defenses” and cannot share counsel. -
Disciplinary hearing for adoption attorney set for today
COLLINSVILLE – A hearing is set today in the disciplinary case against a Collinsville attorney accused of a conflict of interest in an adoption case. -
Former client seeks to disqualify shared counsel in legal malpractice suit for alleged ‘antagonistic defenses’
A former client filed a motion to disqualify counsel for O’Fallon attorney Amanda Kelton Bradley Verett and attorney Michael Reid in a legal malpractice case, arguing that the two have “antagonistic defenses” and cannot be represented by the same counsel. -
Legal malpractice suit seeks attorney fee assessment and cost to defend protracted battle
O'Fallon attorney Amanda Kelton Bradley Verett, suspended for 90 days in 2008 for her handling of a family law matter, is being sued for allegedly putting her client "in an extemely worse position legally and financially" than before she represented him. -
Duebbert search warrants moved quickly to public record in St. Clair County
Among 39 St. Clair County search warrants that changed from confidential to public record between Dec. 20 and Jan. 17, two that pertained to Circuit Judge Ron Duebbert changed the quickest. And on the day a court clerk stamped those two as open records on Jan. 12, the contents of Duebbert’s warrants were the subject of a local news article at 5:25 p.m. -
'Lightspeed' attorney Steele hit with another sanction in Herndon's federal court
U.S. District Judge David Herndon hammered Chicago plaintiff attorney John Steele with a $47,171.76 civil contempt sanction last week to compensate a defendant targeted in an "exploitive" lawsuit. -
Fourth District Appellate Court decision was judicial activism run amok
The Appellate Court ignored the fact that four members of the State Board of Elections opined that the judges could not stand for election and four others voted they could. Even Baricevic and Haida obviously thought they couldn't run for election to their own seats; otherwise, they wouldn't have filed for each other's vacancy. -
Supreme Court hands down discipline to two area attorneys
The Illinois Supreme Court on May 18 imposed sanctions on two area attorneys for misconduct that included concealing the death of a clent and selling marijuana.