He used his former firm's bank account information without permission to pay his attorney registration fees, and he made misrepresentations to the Administrator in writing and in his testimony at a sworn statement during the investigation of his conduct. 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. Over the course of ten weeks, he knowingly misappropriated $2,230 in funds he had agreed to hold in escrow pursuant to his work as an attorney agent for a title company. Ms. Kieffer was licensed in Illinois in 2001 and in Iowa in 2002. Ms. Lowery, who was licensed in 2000, was suspended for 30 days and required to successfully complete the ARDC Professionalism Seminar within one year. Ms. Winbush, who was licensed in 2013, was suspended for 90 days and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed in its entirety by a two-year period of probation with conditions. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. Mr. Duebbert, a former circuit court judge in St. Clair County who was licensed in 1990, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. She was the subject of a misdemeanor charge of attempt forgery. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended her for one year and until she is reinstated to the practice of law in Missouri. His misconduct arose from his August 2021 convictions of four counts of bankruptcy fraud and three counts of concealment of assets, for which he was sentenced to two years in prison. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. He also did not respond to an ARDC subpoena. 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. 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. Miles was licensed to practice in Illinois in 1975 and in California in 1985. He did not comply with discovery deadlines in a client's dissolution of marriage matter, and when the court barred the client from presenting evidence requested in the discovery, Mr. Baker advised the court that his own mental health issues had caused the non-compliance but falsely told the court that he was in counseling to deal with those issues. 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. 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. The suspension is effective on June 9, 2022. She used the funds to satisfy her delinquent mortgage. Mr. Moore, who was licensed in 1986, was suspended for one year and until further order of Court. Sheets, who was licensed in 1990, was suspended for thirty days for engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. ILLINOIS - The Illinois Supreme Court's Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission has announced the suspension of two central Illinois attorneys. 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. Mr. Darnell was licensed to practice in Illinois in 2005 and in Virginia in 2007. Mr. Liles, who was licensed in 2005, was suspended from the practice of law for one year and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed after six months by a two-year period of probation. Mr. Jankura, who was licensed in 1987, was suspended for 90 days. The Supreme Court of Missouri disbarred him for dishonestly failing to pay fees owed to a deceased attorney's trust after Mr. Raines took over representation in a number of cases on which the deceased attorney had worked prior to his death. He attempted to settle two cases without his clients' permission and made misrepresentations to a tribunal and opposing counsel about the status of the cases. He made false or reckless statements about the integrity of a federal bankruptcy judge in nine motions filed in the bankruptcy or federal district court. Ms. Sarnicki, who was licensed in 1991, was suspended for 30 days. 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. Mr. Newport was licensed to practice in Illinois in 1990 and in Iowa in 1978. Ms. O'Brien, who was licensed in 1998, was disbarred. Mr. Paleczny, who was licensed in 2018, was suspended for one year and until he completes the ARDC's professionalism seminar. Mr. Fitzgerald, who was licensed in 1991, was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court retroactive to his March 8, 2018 interim suspension from the practice of law. Mr. Kohn, who was licensed in 1987, was suspended for six months, with the suspension stayed after 90 days in favor of a one-year period of conditional probation. The suspension is effective on February 11, 2021. Mr. Palladinetti, who was licensed in 1985, was disbarred. The reinstatement fee applies to each month that . The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. Ms. VanAusdall, who was licensed to practice in 2003, was suspended for one year. He accomplished the conversion by reactivating a dormant client account at the law firm at which he was a shareholder, creating and sending multiple false invoices, directing payments to the formally dormant account, and submitting fraudulent reimbursement requests to his firm's accounting department. 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. Ms. Beran, who was licensed in 2000, was suspended for six months and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed after 30 days by a two-year period of probation with conditions. She also filed a brief on appeal in a client's immigration matter without complying with mandatory legal authority concerning claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022. Ms. Kowalski, along with five other defendants, including her brother, attorney Robert Michael Kowalski, was the subject of an eighteen-count second superseding indictment which charged that Ms. Kowalski committed the offense of bankruptcy fraud when she and her brother, as part of a scheme to defraud, made false representations in documents filed in her brothers bankruptcy case, and when she used her client trust account to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars from her brothers creditors and the bankruptcy trustee. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022. Ms. Doss, who was licensed in 1989, was disbarred on consent for dishonestly converting $8,767 in funds being held in trust for her client in a real estate transaction and for improperly withholding $3,875 in funds being held in trust for that same client. He communicated with a defendant in a criminal case whom he knew to be represented by counsel without consent of that defendant's lawyer. Ms. Yohanna, who was licensed in 2009, was suspended for six months. Mr. OConnor was licensed in Illinois in 1980 and in Arizona in 1988. Mr. Ward was licensed in Illinois in 1986 and in Wisconsin in 1985. Mr. Mr. Kosztya, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended for two years and until he completes the ARDC Professionalism Seminar, followed by a one-year term of probation with conditions. Mr. Buhl was licensed in Illinois in 1985 and in Connecticut in 1987. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. When he eventually opened the probate case, he forged the client's signature on documents and filed them with the court. Ms. Allen, who was licensed in 2014, was suspended from the practice of law for one year and until further order of the Court. He also provided money to the client as a loan against an anticipated settlement and then as a purported settlement. Mr. Stone, who was licensed in 1996, was disbarred on consent for neglecting six client matters, failing to refund approximately $16,000 in unearned fees, and making misrepresentations to clients, a court and the ARDC regarding those matters and his health. 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. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended Mr. Kovac for five months. Ms. Calloway, who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and censured him. She failed to diligently pursue two clients' immigration matters, did not adequately communicate with the clients, and failed to respond to the ARDC's requests for information. Mr. Easley failed act with reasonable diligence to complete an elderly client's estate planning matter and did not reasonably communicate with the client. 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. Mr. Fonfrias, who was licensed in 1996, was suspended for six months. Additionally, he used $13,313 of that $43,601 for his own purposes without his client's authority. Mr. McIntyre, who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for 18 months and until further order of the Court. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. During a telephone call with that attorney, Mr. Pomrenze threatened great harm to the other lawyers client if the client filed a criminal complaint against Mr. Pomrenze or if he submitted a complaint to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. Mr. Sherman agreed that there was factual predicate for disciplinary action against him. Mr. Weber did not participate in his Illinois disciplinary proceedings. 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. 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. The law firm refunded the client's overpayment. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and censured him, as his Arizona probation had ended. Mr. Gordon, who was licensed in 2010, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court, stayed after six months by a six-month period of conditional probation. Mr. Roth, who was licensed in 1979, was disbarred on consent. He also knowingly made a false statement to the Arizona disciplinary authority regarding his purported fees. He refused to withdraw his appearance in a client's dissolution of marriage case after the client's relative, who had been authorized as the client's attorney-in-fact, terminated his representation, and he filed frivolous pleadings and acted dishonestly to benefit himself in the matter. 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. Mr. Kanarish was licensed in Illinois in 1971 and in Arizona in 2011. In December 2020, the Supreme Court of Florida granted Mr. Leone's petition for disciplinary revocation of his law license, with leave to seek readmission after five years. Pursuant to amended Supreme Court Rule 756 (i), the reinstatement fee is $25 per month, subject to a $600 cap. 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. Mr. Blumenfeld, who was licensed in 1967, was disbarred on consent. Ms. Tate was licensed in Illinois in 2009 and in Arizona in 2015. Also, in 2013, she was disqualified from representing a party in a post-decree domestic relations case because her former law partner had been representing the man's spouse while they were members of the same firm. Ms. Biagi, who was licensed in 2014, was suspended from the practice of law for five months. He agreed to the purported settlement of an underinsured motorist claim against his client, an insurance company, for $75,000 without the company's authorization, and repeatedly made false statements to his opposing counsel about the status of the purported settlement. The suspension is effective on April 15, 2022. The suspension is effective on June 9, 2022. 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 engaged in a conflict of interest by representing a client in a dissolution of marriage case while also pursuing a romantic relationship with her. Officer was licensed in both Missouri and Illinois in 1970. 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. The Supreme Court of Missouri suspended her indefinitely, with no leave to apply for reinstatement for a period of six months. Mr. Gordon failed to file a brief in his client's criminal appeal and did not refund the fees he received for the representation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Arizona suspended her for six months and one day. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and imposed a reprimand and a 60-day suspension. While she was engaged in litigation in a federal court, Ms. Lane sent three e-mails containing false or reckless statements about a magistrate judge's integrity to the judge, courtroom personnel and another attorney involved in the case. Between 2007 and 2021, he was publicly reprimanded twice in Wisconsin, as well as suspended twice in Wisconsin for 60 days. 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. He also forged the client's ex-spouse's signature on a document, although he did not file it with the court. He practiced law for approximately six weeks after having been removed from the roll of attorneys in 2019 for failure to complete the Supreme Court's registration requirements and then practiced law for an approximately 23 weeks after having been removed from the roll of attorneys in 2020 for failure to complete Minimum Continuing Legal Education requirements. His misconduct arose from his guilty pleas in two Rock Island County cases to charges of possession of a controlled substance and delivery of methamphetamine. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and also suspended him for six months. Mr. Gomez, who was licensed in 1988, was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court. 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. On March 18, 2021, the Virginia State Disciplinary Board entered an order suspending him for nine months, effective on September 19, 2022, when his current three-year Virginia suspension ends. The opinions, announcements, and orders by the Supreme Court may be reviewed under the Recent Decisions tab or at the Supreme Court of Illinois website: www.illinoiscourts.gov. 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. The website for the ARDC can be found at www.iardc.org . Mr. Ybarra, who was licensed in 2008, was suspended for one year, with the suspension stayed after 60 days by an 18-month period of conditional probation. 26037, 2010 PR 64 (Ill. Sept. 26, 2013). 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. Mr. Stephens, who was licensed in 1975, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. 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. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. Mr. Bartelsmeyer, who was licensed in 1992, was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court. 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 judge held her in contempt for failing to appear at multiple court dates in a dissolution of marriage matter. 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