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Recent News About Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Commission (ARDC)
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Belleville attorney to be suspended for 60 days
Belleville attorney Charles Stegmeyer, 72, will be suspended from the practice of law for 60 days beginning Dec. 4, by order of the Illinois Supreme Court.The suspension stems from misconduct charges brought by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), which accused Stegmeyer of failing to timely repay $15,000 loaned to him by a company that provides funding to lawyers -
Alton attorney surrenders law license amid ARDC charges of conversion, pattern of misconduct
Robert Scott Forbes of Alton has surrendered his law license amid charges that he misappropriated $9,324.66 from the state of Illinois and engaged in a pattern of misconduct to conceal his misconduct by making false statements to attorneys, appellate court justices and others, filing false discovery responses, fabricating documents and testifying falsely under oath. -
Lawyer adds another layer to ongoing Freed & Weiss dispute; Sues accounting firm
CHICAGO - A lawyer embroiled in a protracted legal fight with a former law partner over the messy dissolution of their erstwhile firm has set his sights on the firm’s accounting firm that happens to employ his former partner’s father. -
Stobbs to speak about Madison County's asbestos docket at conference next month
StobbsThe HarrisMartin Publishing company is hosting an asbestos conference in St. Louis next month with Madison County Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs scheduled to speak about the county’s growing asbestos docket.The conference will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis on Sept. 18. It begins with welcoming remarks from co-chairs Amy E. Garrett of the plaintiffs firm Simmons, Hanly, Conroy -
Supreme Court increases Illinois attorney registration fee; $16, $40 hike takes effect next year
Starting next year, it will cost attorneys more money to practice law in Illinois. -
Tax buyer disbarred by Illinois Supreme Court
Belleville attorney John Vassen has been disbarred by consent by the Illinois Supreme Court. -
Illinois Supreme Court disbars former judge; Cook had consented to disbarment following sentencing
Former St. Clair County circuit judge Michael Cook was disbarred by the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday. -
ARDC: attorney disciplinary complaints dropped in 2013, but high court sanctions spiked
Although fewer investigations and attorney disciplinary complaints were lodged last year than in 2012, the Illinois Supreme Court handed down more sanctions in 2013, according to a report from the state’s disciplinary commission. -
How (not) to succeed in (monkey) business
Among the secrets to a lasting relationship are two: spite and inertia. If neither party can bear the thought of the other being happy with someone else and the prospect of getting back into the dating scene scares the living daylights out of both, their union is pretty much solid. -
ARDC panel recommends 30-month suspension for Weiss in five-year-old case over sexual harassment allegations
A Chicago area lawyer accused of sexually harassing five former female employees, a neighbor and a stranger on the street should be suspended for 30 months, a panel of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Hearing Board said earlier this month. -
Supreme Court disbars Peel; suspends 14, including retired judge
The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday disbarred a Madison County attorney currently serving a 12-year prison sentence for bankruptcy fraud and child pornography possession. -
Amnesty program for in-house counsel to obtain limited licenses begins Jan. 1
Illinois-based corporate counsel who failed to get their required limited law licenses will soon be able to obtain them without the risk of discipline.