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Recent News About Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Commission (ARDC)
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Supreme Court censures St. Louis workers' comp lawyer, suspends East St. Louis attorney
The Illinois Supreme Court has censured one area attorney and suspended another. -
ARDC recommends denial of former Madison County judge's request for reinstatement
A review board of the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has recommended the denial of a former Madison County judge's request for reinstatement to the practice of law, saying he has not come to grips with the harm of his misconduct. -
ARDC hearing board recommends 90 day suspension for St. Louis lawyer over emails with workers' comp arbitrator
A hearing board of the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has recommended a 90-day suspension for one of the three St. Louis lawyers accused of having ex parte communications with a workers' compensation arbitrator in 2009 and 2010. -
Split panel of ARDC review board recommends suspensions for Lawrence Hess and Bruce Carr
A review board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has recommended a nine-month and six-month suspension for two attorneys accused of bringing a lawsuit for the purpose of harassment. -
ARDC recommends disbarment for former Madison County attorney
Peel From the confines of prison today, Gary Evan Peel, a former Madison County class action attorney, defended himself against a misconduct complaint leveled by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). -
Peel continues fight for law license; ARDC hearing set June 20
Peel Gary Evan Peel, a former Madison County class action attorney who is currently incarcerated in Kentucky, will face an Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing next week on a misconduct complaint stemming from his 2007 criminal convictions. -
ARDC board sets June 20 hearing on Peel misconduct charges
Peel A hearing board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) will meet June 20 in a case pending against imprisoned attorney Gary Peel. -
More litigation follows Freed & Weiss dispute
CHICAGO - An outside business litigation firm recently joined the mix of parties taking legal action against named partners at Freed & Weiss LLC. -
Cook County suits involve alleged takeover at Freed and Weiss
CHICAGO - An ongoing dispute between named partners at Freed & Weiss LLC has led to a couple of new lawsuits involving an alleged take over scheme. -
Tales of former Lakin attorneys: Scandal and fee fights
Tom Lakin In some instances, the cast of lawyers that have come out of the Lakin firm have been just as colorful as the firm's class action claims. -
Embattled work comp arbitrator outlines defense at ARDC
Moran CHICAGO – Former workers' compensation arbitrator Jennifer Teague defends her one sided electronic communications with her lawyer friends as proper procedure. -
New lawyer trust account guidelines take effect Sept. 1
The Supreme Court of Illinois has announced amendments to existing lawyer trust account guidelines. The new amendments to Rule 1.15 of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct help clarify the obligations that all lawyers have to manage and protect client funds. -
ARDC files additional charge against class action lawyer Weiss
SPRINGFIELD – While Chicago lawyer Paul Weiss faced charges of sexually harassing six females, he allegedly behaved the same way toward a seventh, according to Illinois attorney regulators. -
ARDC says lawyers harassed injury victim with baseless claims; Carr and Hess to file exceptions
SPRINGFIELD – Lawyers Bruce Carr and Lawrence Hess harassed an injury victim with baseless claims and deserve to lose their licenses for nine months and six months, a review board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission determined in June. -
ARDC paints picture of casual contempt for justice in misconduct charges
Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission administrator Jerome Larkin has filed misconduct charges against workers' compensation arbitrator Jennifer Teague and attorneys who brought cases before her, Kerry O'Sullivan, Elizabeth Barringer and Caryn Nadenbush, claiming they communicated about cases without copying opposing counsel. -
Matoesian grants Tobin, law firm summary judgment in legal malpractice case
Matoesian An appeal is under way following attorney Gregory Tobin and his law firm's summary judgment win in a legal malpractice case brought by a former client that has been entangled with an investigation by the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee of the Illinois State Supreme Court (ARDC.) -
Legal malpractice case over botched worker's injury suit headed to motion hearing
Matoesian A partially stayed legal malpractice case filed against attorney Gregory Tobin and his law firm, Pratt & Tobin P.C., is under way again and set for July motions following a letter from the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Illinois State Supreme Court (ARDC). -
Fahrenkamp agrees to ARDC professional censure
Unsell SPRINGFIELD – Lawyer David Fahrenkamp of Edwardsville has agreed to accept professional censure and pay taxes he dodged from 1995 to 2006. -
Matoesian partially stays case against Pratt & Tobin pending ARDC investigation
Shultz A legal malpractice suit against Pratt & Tobin P.C. has been semi-halted until the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC) resolves its own investigation into the plaintiff's complaint against members of the firm. -
ARDC to hold Fahrenkamp hearing May 13
SPRINGFIELD – Regulators of Illinois lawyers have set a May 13 hearing on charges that attorney David Fahrenkamp of Edwardsville owes the Internal Revenue Service $228,659.72.