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Recent News About Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Commission (ARDC)
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Attorney's lien resolved, protective order entered in boy's shock suit
Although no hearing took place as scheduled Wednesday, a Madison County dispute over a suspended attorney's lien in a personal injury case has been resolved. -
Stack to hear motion on attorney's lien in boy's electrical shock case
Stack The plaintiffs in a case stemming from a boy's electrical shock are asking a Madison County judge to sort out what, if anything, their former attorney is owed. -
Appeals Court upholds dismissal of Cueto v. Justices, ARDC officer
Cueto The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld U.S. District Judge David Herndon's dismissal of a suit Amiel Cueto brought against the Illinois Supreme Court and an officer of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission (ARDC). -
Lawyers answering the call
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Selectively Separated
Adomite It's really simple: According to Section 1 of Article II of the Illinois Constitution, The legislative, executive and judicial branches are separate. No branch shall exercise powers properly belonging to another. Call it Separation of Powers, it's a basic tenet of constitutional government you learn in the 8th grade. -
Cueto's federal suit against Illinois Supreme Court latest to be dismissed
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge David Herndon has dismissed Amiel Cueto's claim that the Illinois Supreme Court violated his constitutional rights by refusing to reinstate his law license. -
Herndon tosses Cueto's suit against Haida, public officials
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon has dismissed a $90 million suit that disbarred lawyer Amiel Cueto of Belleville filed against three men he accused of framing him and causing him to lose his law license. -
Millar tells judge Lakin reported him to ARDC to gain advantage in pending suit
Millar Jeff Millar claims former employer Brad Lakin reported him to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, but that's news to the ARDC. -
ARDC denies Hildebrand's petition for reinstatement
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission has denied Granite City attorney Thomas Hildebrand's petition for reinstatement to practice law. -
Judge Stack awards fees to suspended attorney
Stack Thomas Hildebrand lacks a law license but he just collected a legal fee of $112,500. -
Lakin-Weiss conflict spreads into Madison County cases
Brad Lakin As Brad Lakin and Paul Weiss awaited a decision on their bitter contest for control of a class action in New Jersey, they started two battles just like it in Edwardsville. -
Fight over Sprint settlement escalated by personal feud
Brad Lakin NEWARK, New Jersey - Attorney Tod Lewis claims he reported Paul Weiss to Illinois attorney regulators for duty's sake, and Weiss claims Lewis reported him for the sake of money. -
Attorney says foe defamed him in 'malicious' attempt to derail Sprint class action settlement
Lakin NEWARK, New Jersey - Like Mel Brooks cowboys crashing into someone else's movie, Illinois lawyers tumble into a New Jersey courthouse kicking and screaming. -
Cueto suing justices over his disbarment; wants other orders overturned
Amiel Cueto Illinois Supreme Court justices have asked federal Judge David Herndon in East St. Louis to stay discovery in a suit brought against them by disbarred attorney Amiel Cueto. -
Battle of the bottom feeders
A certain brand of class action lawyer likes to shop around. -
Tom Lakin disbarred on consent by Illinois Supreme Court
Tom Lakin Tom Lakin has been disbarred on consent by the Illinois Supreme Court, according to records from the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. -
Suspended attorney sued by former client
A legal malpractice complaint has been filed against Alton attorney Carol Cagle, who is currently serving a two-year suspension from practicing law. -
ARDC files new complaint against class action attorney
Class action attorney Paul Weiss faces charges of assault and battery by three women who worked at his Chicago law firm, Freed & Weiss, according to a complaint filed against him by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission (ARDC). -
Amiel Cueto seeks $90 million in new suit; claims his indictment was forged
Amiel Cueto Amiel Cueto, a disbarred lawyer who spent nearly six years in prison on obstruction of justice charges, is seeking $90 million in a suit he filed against St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee lawyer James Grogan and Illinois Liquor Control Agent Bonds Robinson. -
Ruth, Tognarelli to be sworn in Dec. 1
Ruth Madison County's two newly elected Circuit Judges will take their oaths of office at 3 p.m. on Dec. 1.