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HEARING SCHEDULES AND CLERK'S OFFICE Recent Disciplinary Decisions from Supreme Court | Recently Filed Complaints and Reports | Announcements | Schedule of Hearings | Clerk’s Office Services ANNOUNCEMENT OF DISCIPLINARY DECISIONS Friday, September 22, 2006 10:00 A.M. LAWYER DISCIPLINARY ORDERS INFORMATION RELEASE The Supreme Court of Illinois on Wednesday September 20, 2006 and on Thursday September 21, 2006 announced the filing of disciplinary orders involving a number of licensed lawyers. Sanctions were imposed because the lawyers engaged in professional misconduct by violating state ethics law. The attached list contains the name of each disciplined lawyer, the address at which the lawyer last practiced, and a brief summary of the misconduct that led to the sanction. The announcement of the orders may be reviewed at the Supreme Court of Illinois website: www.state.il.us/court. The Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), an Illinois Supreme Court agency, investigates alleged wrongdoing by Illinois attorneys, holds hearings on specific charges, and recommends discipline where warranted. The Supreme Court is, however, the only authority that can discipline lawyers for misconduct. The Supreme Court generally announces lawyer sanction orders during each formal term of Court. The Court convenes in term every January, March, May, September and November. There are over 81,000 attorneys in Illinois. Yearly fees are imposed on most Illinois lawyers to fund the ARDC. There are no tax dollars used to support the disciplinary system. The ARDC is composed of seven members, three of whom are non-lawyers. Attorney Benedict Schwarz II is the Commission Chairman. The ARDC Administrator is Mary Robinson. In re PATRICK F. ANDRE, Attorney Number 6202523 812 Big Bend Woods Drive Manchester, Missouri 63021-7555
File Information: M.R. 21097, 06 RC 1511 Mr. Andre was licensed in Illinois in 1989 and in Missouri in 1990. He was disbarred in Missouri for misappropriating approximately $16,000 in trust funds while employed at a bank in Missouri. The Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. In re STEVEN DEAN APPLEGATE, Attorney Number 6185049402 East Vienna Anna, Illinois 62906-0645
File Information: M.R 20961, 05 SH 40
Mr. Applegate, who was licensed in 1983, was suspended for three years until further order of the Court and was ordered to make certain restitution. He neglected a debt collection and real estate matter, formed a corporation for the practice of law with a non-lawyer, and also pled guilty in Union County to a charge of domestic battery. He failed to appear at his disciplinary hearing.
In re ALBERT JAMES ARMONDA, Attorney Number 66451N6281 Hillcrest Terrace Burlington, Wisconsin 53105-2832
File Information: M.R. 21006, 06 DC 1006
Mr. Armonda, who was licensed in 1962, was disbarred on consent. He was suspended from the practice of law in Wisconsin for failing to comply with mandatory continuing legal education reporting requirements but continued to practice law there during his suspension. In addition, while was removed from the Master Roll in Illinois for failing to register, he continued to hold himself out as an Illinois attorney and to provide legal services. He was previously disciplined for professional misconduct.
In re NICHOLAS JAMES AUTRY, Attorney Number 6276354919 West Sheridan, Number 3F Chicago, Illinois 60613-5016
File Information: M.R. 21051, 06 CH 15
Mr. Autry, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended for eighteen months and until further order of the Court. He was convicted in Florida of possessing a controlled substance and battering a police officer.
In re JAMES JOSEPH BAJGROWICZ, Attorney Number 958341011 College Avenue Santa Rosa, California 95404-4112
File Information: M.R. 21008, 06 RC 1504
Mr. Bajgrowicz was licensed in Illinois in 1967 and in California in 1971. He was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court in California, with the suspension stayed after six months by a four-year term of conditional probation. He obtained two loans, totaling $25,000, from a client without appropriate disclosures. The Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for three years, with the suspension stayed after six months by a four-year term of conditional probation. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re MICHAEL BAUER, Attorney Number 137928 2500 North Lakeview, Unit 2005 Chicago, Illinois 60614-4871
File Information: M.R. 21102, 05 CH 43
Mr. Bauer, who was licensed in 1976, was suspended for nine months for making loans to himself from a trust for which he was serving as trustee. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2006.
In re DWIGHT LENORE BECK, Attorney Number 6189475 450 Prairie, Number 104 Calumet City, Illinois 60409-2125
File information: M.R. 20936, 05 CH 52
Mr. Beck, who was licensed in 1985, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court. He failed to comply with the terms of an earlier disciplinary suspension and did not withdraw properly from civil litigation.
208 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60604-1000
File Information: M.R. 21049, 04 CH 54
Mr. Bernstein, who was licensed in 1956, was suspended for three years and until he makes certain restitution. He misappropriated estate funds. He was suspended on an interim basis on September 23, 2005.
In re DARYL RAYMOND BERRY, Attorney Number 197505 2609 West 79th Street Chicago, Illinois 60652-1708
File Information: M.R. 21073, 05 CH 126
Mr. Berry, who was licensed in 1978, was suspended for ninety days. He engaged in a conflict of interest when he acted as a real estate agent, an attorney and an agent of a title company in the same real estate transaction. He also took unauthorized actions in the sale of property that belonged to an individual who was a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2006.
In re MARC JOSEPH BIAGINI, Attorney Number 6180686 9 South 7l7 86th Place, Suite A Downers Grove, Illinois 60516
File Information: M.R. 21058, 05 CH 90
Mr. Biagini, who was licensed in 1981, was disbarred. He made false reports concerning his assets, liabilities, and income in a bankruptcy petition he filed on his own behalf.
In re Leo Michael Bleiman, Attorney Number 227227
205 West Randolph Street, Suite 925
File Information: M.R. 20977, 05 CH 84
Mr. Bleiman, who was licensed in 1972, was suspended for one year, with the suspension stayed after four months by a one-year period of probation with conditions. He mismanaged settlement monies in a personal injury matter. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
3139 West 59th Street Chicago, Illinois 60629-2541
File information: M.R. 21036, 05 CH 115
Mr. Burke, who was licensed in 1976, was disbarred on consent. He made false statements to a circuit court judge in order to delay the collection of a judgment that had been entered against him.
In re LAURENCE WAYNE CAPRIOTTI, Attorney Number 385786 120 West Madison Street, Suite 800 Chicago, Illinois 60602-4158
File Information: M.R. 21086, 06 DC 1007
Mr. Capriotti, who was licensed in 1972, was disbarred on consent. He pled guilty to federal charges that he conspired with a co-defendant to convert, and did convert, over $70 million in escrow funds through a number of title insurance entities and companies owned primarily by Mr. Capriotti and the co-defendant. He was also charged with filing false income tax returns. He was sentenced to one hundred sixty-eight months imprisonment, followed by three years supervised release, ordered to make restitution in the amount of $58,000,000, jointly and severally with the co-defendant, ordered to forfeit that amount, and ordered to pay a fine of $400.
In re PETER S. CARRABOTTA, Attorney Number 6187303 180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2900 Chicago, Illinois 60601-2700
File Information: M.R. 21101, 06 DC 1008
Mr. Carrabotta, who was licensed in 1984, was disbarred on consent. For over an eighteen-month period, he prepared, submitted and collected fees on fee petitions he submitted to the Circuit Court of Cook County in domestic relations matters in which he regularly inflated the hours he actually worked.
1415 North Astor Street Chicago, Illinois 60610-1622
File Information: M.R. 20939, 03 IA 2001
Mr. Clarke, who was licensed in 1982, was transferred to inactive disability status, after a finding that he suffers from a mental disorder and is presently incapacitated from continuing to practice law by reason of that disorder.
In re ANDREW MARK COHEN, Attorney Number 6217194 5115 Church Street, Suite 109 Skokie, Illinois 60077-1201
File Information: M.R. 20987, 04 CH 107
Mr. Cohen, who was licensed in 1993, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court and until he complies with treatment. He converted client funds, made misrepresentations to a client and to the client’s family about the status of post-conviction proceedings, and falsely represented to a court that he had applied to be a member of the Illinois Capital Litigation Trial Bar when he had not.
In re PAUL GEORGE CONNELLY, Attorney Number 6272085 102 Amboy LaneSchaumburg, Illinois 60194-4118
File Number: M.R. 21017, 05 CH 111
Mr. Connelly, who was licensed in 2000, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court. He represented fifteen clients before the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, jurisdictions in which he was not licensed. He also neglected four clients’ personal injury matters, made false statements to clients regarding the status of their legal matters, created a false pleading and order to which he affixed false court filing and judicial court stamps, and failed to cooperate with the ARDC during the investigation of the matters.
In re David Cuomo, Attorney Number 61852703343 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60608-6705
File information: M.R. 21048, 03 CH 46
Mr. Cuomo, who was licensed in 1983, was disbarred. He misappropriated approximately $450,000 from three separate clients, gave his clients checks that were dishonored, falsely claimed to have filed a lawsuit for a client, and fabricated a court order from that nonexistent case.
In re JAMES RUSSELL DePew, Attorney Number 618985 201 West Olive Street Bloomington, Illinois 61701-5050
File Information: M.R. 20973, 06 DC 1005
Mr. DePew, who was licensed in 1948, was disbarred upon consent. Over an eight-year period, he misappropriated at least $230,000.00 of funds belonging to an estate.
In re PETER PENN DRESSLER, Attorney Number 6211697 28W700 Washington Avenue West Chicago, Illinois 60185-4211
File Information: M.R. 20935, 05 CH 112
Mr. Dressler who was licensed in 1993, was suspended for three years. He was convicted in state court of forging a W2 form for his secretary in order to bolster her credit rating. He then used his secretary's identity and improved credit rating to purchase a residence in which he and his fiancée would reside. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re DAVID GEORGE DUGGAN, Attorney Number 61807071355 North Sandburg Terrace, Suite 2709 Chicago, Illinois 60610-7924
File information: M.R. 20933, 05 CH 74
Mr. Duggan, who was licensed in 1981, was disbarred. He misappropriated over $196,000 from a decedent’s estate, neglected three separate client matters, failed to communicate with his clients, and did not cooperate with the disciplinary process.
In re JEROME SHELDON FEDER, Attorney Number 7807901440 North State Parkway, Suite 7B Chicago, Illinois 60622-1500
File Information: M.R. 20979, 04 CH 125
Mr. Feder, who was licensed in 1958, was suspended for three years. While representing an elderly widow in civil litigation to recover a piece of property, he prepared a power of attorney naming his business partner, client and friend of many years, as the individual who would be responsible for the woman’s affairs. In spite of the woman’s increasing confusion and her attempts through other attorneys to terminate Mr. Feder’s representation, he continued to represent her and disregarded her attempts to revoke his business partner’s power of attorney. His business partner pled guilty to theft for taking excessive fees as the woman’s caretaker. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re NICHOLAS PAUL FREEMAN, Attorney Number 6217203180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2630 Chicago, Illinois 60601-2706
File information: M.R. 20898, 04 CH 12
Mr. Freeman, who was licensed in 1993, was suspended for ninety days. He mismanaged client funds from a personal injury settlement and made misrepresentations to the client about the settlement. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re SPURGEON GREEN, III, Attorney Number 6220732 301 Watson Boulevard Warner Robins, Georgia 31093-3405
File Information: M.R. 21108, 06 RC 1512
Mr. Green was licensed in Illinois in 1994 and in Georgia in 1995. He was disbarred in Georgia for neglecting client matters, failing to refund unearned fees, and not cooperating with the disciplinary authority. Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him.
In re RODNEY LANE HARRISON, Attorney Number 62106232008 East Michigan Avenue Urbana, Illinois 61802-5571
File Information: M.R. 20932, 05 SH 20
Mr. Harrison, who was licensed in 1992, was suspended for three years and until further order of the Court and until he makes certain restitution. The suspension order is consecutive to a suspension imposed in a prior disciplinary matter, for which probation had been revoked in June 2005. He neglected a criminal case, made false representations to his client and to a judge in the case, and failed to return an unearned fee to the client. He also had a sexual relationship with a family law client.
In re PATRICIA LYNN HAYES, Attorney Number 6192974 400 Chatham Road, Suite 101-B Springfield, Illinois 62704-1407
File Information: M.R. 21046, 03 SH 113
Ms. Hayes, who was licensed in 1986, was suspended for thirty months and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed in its entirety by probation with conditions. She caused a public disturbance at O’Hare Airport when she threatened and battered Chicago police officers who sought to prevent her from driving while intoxicated.
In re LEONARD KEITH HAYS, Jr., Attorney Number 1163043202 West Main Street Monticello, Illinois 61856-1861
File Information: M.R. 21050, 05 SH 3
Mr. Hays, who was licensed in 1973, was suspended for one year. He forged his wife’s signature on dissolution of marriage documents and presented them to a court, representing falsely to a judge that his wife had agreed to the procedure and terms set forth in a marital settlement agreement. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2006.
In re GEORGE CLIVE HOOK, Attorney Number 1256432Presidential Towers, Suite 1802-1 555 West Madison Chicago, Illinois 60661
File Information: M.R. 15020, 98 CH 50
Mr. Hook, who was licensed in 1963, was disbarred. He was convicted in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois of wire fraud, money laundering, and theft from an employee benefit plan. He was sentenced to a prison term of eighty-four months and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $735,566.00. He was suspended on an interim basis on November 19, 1999.
In re CYNTHIA ANN HUBBARD, Attorney Number 6238424 220 South Third Street, Second Floor Geneva, Illinois 60134-2769
File Information: M.R. 20917, 04 CH 135
Ms. Hubbard, who was licensed in 1996, was suspended for six months and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed in its entirety by a two-year period of conditional probation. She failed to report to the ARDC a misdemeanor conviction for driving with a breath alcohol concentration above legal limits. While on probation for that offense, she was placed on court supervision for disorderly conduct.
1445 South Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60605-2711
File Information: M.R. 21052, 05 CH 91
Mr. Hubbard, who was licensed in 1974, was suspended for one year and until he pays all outstanding registration fees and penalties and makes certain restitution. He engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when he practiced law while not registered, mismanaged $1,500 in client funds, and neglected a contract matter and a divorce matter. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2006.
In re ALAN DAVID HUTCHINSON, Attorney Number 6223572 664 West Aldine Chicago, Illinois 60657-3410
File Information: M.R. 21088, 05 CH 122
Mr. Hutchinson, who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed in its entirety by a two-year period of conditional probation. He engaged in criminal conduct by possessing a controlled substance containing methamphetamine.
In re WILLIAM RAMON JACKSON, Attorney Number 62063477915 South Exchange AvenueChicago, Illinois 60617-1417
File information: M.R. 20903, 04 CH 47
Mr. Jackson, who was licensed in 1991, was disbarred. He misappropriated approximately $20,000 in client funds, neglected four civil matters, failed to communicate with clients, failed to refund unearned fees, made misrepresentations to a judge in a bankruptcy matter and collected excessive fees. He was suspended on an interim basis on April 24, 2006.
In re Chrystal Camille Knight, Attorney Number 6205407 Post Office Box 605 Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108-0605
File Information: M.R. 20949, 04 CH 49
Ms. Knight, who was licensed in 1990, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed after the first ninety days by a two-year period of probation with conditions. She neglected a client matter and was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and unlawful possession of cocaine. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re STEPHEN DAVID LANDFIELD, Attorney Number 618571655 Park Avenue, Suite 400 Morristown, New Jersey 07960-4780
File Information: M.R. 21018, 06 RC 1505
Mr. Landfield was licensed in Illinois in 1983 and in New Jersey in 1984. He was suspended in New Jersey for six months and until further order of the Court for neglecting three client matters and failing to cooperate with the disciplinary authority. The Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for six months and until he is reinstated to the practice of law in New Jersey. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re JAMES LEMONT LASENBY, Attorney Number 6231073 311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 4550 Chicago, Illinois 60606-6622
File Information: M.R. 20924, 05 CH 53
Mr. Lasenby, who was licensed in 1996, was suspended for six months and until further order of the Court. He neglected a civil forgery claim, failed to return unearned fees and client property, and was not candid with a client concerning the status of a case. He failed to participate in the disciplinary proceedings.
In re David Michael Levin, Attorney Number 16307681800 Montgomery Court Deerfield, Illinois 60015-2057
File information: M.R. 21047, 03 CH 24
Ms. Levin, who was licensed in 1974, was suspended for six months and ordered to participate in an office management seminar. He mismanaged litigation expenses advanced by two business clients. He was previously disciplined for writing bad checks to pay for secretarial services for his law practice. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2006.
7033 North Kedzie, Suite 310
File Information: M.R. 21035, 04 CH 71
Mr. Loiben, who was licensed in 1973, was disbarred on consent. He misappropriated at least $185,000 from several clients.
In re SALLY MARIE MACHETTA, Attorney Number 6257949Post Office Box 2503 Davenport, Iowa 52809-2503
File Information: M.R. 21019, 06 RC 1506 M.R. 21020; 06 RC 1507
Ms. Machetta was licensed in Illinois in 1999 and in Iowa in 2001. The Supreme Court of Iowa reprimanded her on two different occasions. In the first matter, she was publicly reprimanded for attempting to obtain additional appointments under a contract with the public defender’s office by leaving notes on a magistrate’s desk that appeared to have been prepared by court personnel. In the second matter, she was reprimanded for advertising her immigration practice without first showing compliance with the state’s continuing legal education requirement. The Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and reprimanded her.
In re STEPHEN LEE MILLER, Attorney Number 1921096 105 North Kickapoo Street Lincoln, Illinois 62656-2714
File Information: M.R. 21100, 05 SH 42
Mr. Miller, who was licensed in 1978, was censured. He neglected a matter and breached a fiduciary duty to his client in a probate case.
In re Kenneth Brian Moll, Attorney Number 6199874 Three First National Place, 50th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60602-5016
File Information: M.R. 20918, 01 CH 46
Mr. Moll, who was licensed in 1989, was suspended for sixty days. According to the ARDC Review Board, he held himself out as authorized to practice during a prior three-month suspension by continuing to publish a web site under his name and by authorizing employees of his firm to correspond and sign pleadings under his name during the suspension. He also misled a court and the other counsel in a class action case by failing to advise them that he had entered into a consent petition proposing that he be suspended for three months at a time when he asked to be appointed lead counsel for the class. Days after the court approved the agreement appointing him as lead counsel, Mr. Moll was suspended, requiring appointment of a different lead counsel, revision and republication of newspaper notices about the class action, reprinting of notices intended to be mailed to class members and revision of web site information about the claims process. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re KURT ALEXANDER MULLER, Attorney Number 6192657 110 West Grand Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60610-4206
File Information: M.R. 21027, 04 CH 139
Mr. Muller, who was licensed in 1986, was censured and must successfully complete the Professionalism Seminar of the Professional Responsibility Institute within six months of the Court order. He filed a legal action when case law did not support the filing, left offensive and threatening telephone messages for another attorney, and asked a deponent improper questions without a sufficient factual basis.
In re William Paul Novick, Attorney Number 6182947300 North Monroe Marion, Illinois 62959-0386
File information: M.R. 20914, 05 SH 76
Mr. Novick, who was licensed in 1982, was suspended for ninety days. He neglected a client’s personal injury matter resulting in the loss of her cause of action. He did not inform the client of the problem, and when she requested her file, he required her to sign a document that purported to release him from liability and wrongly advised her about the statute of limitations. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re JONATHAN J. OLCOTT, Attorney Number 61978284350 East Camelback Road, Number160-C Phoenix, Arizona 85018-2701
File Information: M.R. 21092, 06 RC 1509
Mr. Olcott was licensed in Illinois in 1988 and in Arizona in 1993. He was censured and placed on probation in Arizona for inadvertently negotiating a settlement distribution check without authority and for failing to comply with procedural requirements before disbursing the check’s proceeds. The Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and censured him.
In re Thomas A. Robinson, Attorney Number 3127650
650 Whitney Ranch Road, Number 113
Mr. Robinson, who was licensed in 1980, was suspended for one year. He converted at least $12,974.08 from funds that he was holding on behalf of an estate and for making false statements in an accounting filed in court on behalf of the estate. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re MARK L. ROSS, Attorney Number 2394820Post Office Box 538 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-0538
File Information: M.R. 21091, 06 RC 1510
Mr. Ross was licensed in Illinois in 1973 and in Arkansas in 1979. He was reprimanded in Arkansas for commingling personal funds in his client trust account and for presenting a check for payment when there were insufficient funds in his client trust account to cover the check. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and reprimanded him.
In re THOMAS J. ROYCE, Attorney Number 2408708 2460 West Estes Avenue, Apartment 1W Chicago, Illinois 60645-3311
File Information: M.R. 20962, 04 CH 38
Mr. Royce, who was licensed in 1971, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court. He falsely led a client to believe that three lawsuits had been filed against her and staged a purported deposition to further mislead her. He also misled another client as to the status of an expungement and neglected two other client matters. He had been disciplined previously.
In re PETER THOMAS SHOVLAIN, Attorney Number 2593106210 north utica Street Waukegan, Illinois 60085-4236
File information: M.R. 20999, 03 CH 59
Mr. Shovlain, who was licensed in 1975, was disbarred on consent. He converted settlement funds totaling over $380,000 in connection with multiple client matters, neglected other client cases and engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and other misconduct.
In re JOSEPH H. SPIEGEL, Attorney Number 26890732640 Gladstone Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-6429
File Information: M.R. 21000, 06 RC 1503
Mr. Spiegel was licensed in Illinois in 1974 and in Michigan in 1986. He was reprimanded in Michigan after he grabbed opposing counsel outside of a courtroom and swore at him for filing a motion to disqualify Mr. Spiegel from the case due to a perceived conflict of interest. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and reprimanded him.
In re DAVID L. STANCZAK, Attorney Number 2701952 6 Buckhurst Court Bloomington, Illinois 61704-6221
File Information: M.R. 21067, 05 SH 108
Mr. Stanczak, who was licensed in 1971, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. He neglected several client matters, failed to keep clients informed of the status of their cases, and made misrepresentations to clients.
In re STEPHEN WILLIAM STOLL Jr., Attorney Number 6199072 317 South Oak Park Avenue, Suite 408 Oak Park, Illinois 60302-3554
File Information: M.R. 21003, 05 CH 75
Mr. Stoll, who was licensed in 1989, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed in its entirety by a two-year period of conditional probation with conditions. He was convicted of unlawful possession of cocaine and driving under the influence of drugs.
In re CYNTHIA SUTHERIN, Attorney Number 6256989 4201 Lake Cook Road, 1st Floor Northbrook, Illinois 60062
File Information: M.R. 20636, 03 CH 61
Ms. Sutherin, who was licensed in 1998, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. While working for the Kane County Public Defender’s Office, she induced five attorneys to resign from their public service jobs to form a law firm. Her inducements consisted of numerous false statements regarding her assets and the clients that would retain the firm.
In re ROBERT JOSEPH SWINEY, Attorney Number 6230375512 West Poplar Taylorville, Illinois 62568-1810
File Information: M.R. 20954, 05 SH 107
Mr. Swiney, who was licensed in 1995, was suspended for thirty days. He made false representations to a police officer investigating an accident in which Mr. Swiney was involved. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re JUAN R. THOMAS, Attorney Number 6238240407 South Dearborn, Suite 1310Chicago, Illinois 60605-1153
File Number: M.R. 21053, 05 CH 72
Mr. Thomas, who was licensed in 1996, was suspended for ninety days. Without prior knowledge or authorization, he placed the purported signature of another person on a bail refund petition that authorized the release of bail funds to him. He then had the petition notarized, filed the petition with the Court, and later misrepresented his actions to the State’s Attorney and to the ARDC. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2006.
In re DOUGLAS CLAIR TIBBLE, Attorney Number 2831783101 North Washington StreetNaperville, Illinois 60540-4511
File Number: M.R. 21029, 05 CH 34
Mr. Tibble, who was licensed in 1977, was suspended for thirty days. He neglected three client civil matters and initially failed to cooperate with the ARDC. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2006.
In re Austin Henry Triplett, Attorney Number 6230417925 West Huron Street, Suite 303 Chicago, Illinois 60622-5988
File information: M.R. 21016, 05 CH 67
Mr. Triplett, who was licensed in 1995, was disbarred. He misappropriated funds from a decedent’s estate, neglected that probate matter and two others, neglected a real estate matter, and failing to cooperate with the ARDC. In re MICHELLE LEE TULLY, Attorney Number 6211557 43195 Andyville Antioch, Illinois 60002-7910
File Information: M.R. 20925, 04 CH 91
Ms. Tully, who was licensed in 1992, was disbarred on consent. She misappropriated $23,658.02 in client funds.
In re ANDERSON J. WARD, Attorney Number 6212303 8519 West 191st Street, Suite 29 Mokena, Illinois 60448
File Information: M.R. 20952, 05 CH 54
Mr. ward, who was licensed in 1993, was suspended for six months, stayed after the first thirty days by a one-year period of conditional probation. He neglected an employment discrimination case and another client’s criminal appeal. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2006.
In re ROGER H. WILLIAMS, Attorney Number 3027325 1901 West Division, Suite 4N Chicago, Illinois 60622-3713
File Information: M.R. 21037, 05 CH 118
Mr. Williams, who was licensed in 1973, was suspended for one year, with the suspension stayed after sixty days, pending completion of a one-year period of conditional probation. He settled a personal injury claim without his client’s consent, mismanaged client funds, and practiced law after he failed to register and pay his annual registration fee. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2006.
In re PATRICK W. YOUNG, Attorney Number 6188982 4231 Broadway Gary, Indiana 46409-2120
File Information: M.R. 21089, 06 RC 1508
Mr. Young was licensed in Indiana in 1984 and in Illinois in 1985. He was reprimanded in Indiana for failing to promptly deliver to a third party funds the third party was entitled to receive. The Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and reprimanded him. The Following Disciplinary Orders were entered by the Court before the September 2006 Term but were not included in any Previous Information Release
In re JAMES HAROLD FIFE III, Attorney Number 6199501 4201 Indianapolis Blvd East Chicago, IN 46312-2527
File Information: M.R. 20937, 06 CH 31 (Order entered July 11, 2006)
Mr. Fife, who was admitted in 1988, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. He pled guilty to four felony counts of making false statements on federal income tax returns. He was sentenced to a forty-six month prison term and was ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $384,840.00.
In re Marc Erwin Levine, Attorney Number 6180990 3149 Dundee Road, PMB 278 Northbrook, Illinois 60062-2901
File Information: M.R. 21032, 06 CH 24 (Order entered August 23, 2006)
Mr. Levine, who was licensed in 1981, was suspended on an interim basis until further order of the Court. Charges are pending alleging that he misappropriated at least $65,000 from a client.
In re JERALD MICHAEL MANGAN, Attorney Number 6183272311 South County Farm Rd, Suite KWheaton, IL 60187-2477
File Information: M.R. 21011, 06 CH 37(Order entered August 1, 2006)
Mr. Mangan, who was licensed in 1982, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of Court. He pled guilty to eavesdropping, in that he knowingly and intentionally used an unlawful eavesdropping device for the purpose of recording a conversation of a female law firm associate, without her consent, and unauthorized videotaping, in that he knowingly and without her consent videotaped under the clothing worn by the female associate for the purpose of viewing her undergarments.
In re PETER DEFOREST WINTHROP, Attorney Number 6204448 7215 West 84th Street Bridgeview, Illinois 60455-1704
File Information: M.R. 20315, 02 CH 27 (Order entered on June 2, 2006)
Mr. Winthrop, who was licensed in Illinois in 1990, was suspended for two years. He made misrepresentations to opposing counsel and to a probate court when he failed to disclose that a former client had obtained approximately $86,000 from another client’s bank account.
In re KEITH ELLIOT YARD, Attorney Number 6202096680 West Southmor Road Morris, Illinois 60450-8173
File Information: M. R., 04 SH 53 (Order entered August 29, 2006)
Mr. Yard, who was licensed in 1989, was suspended for six months for violating the probationary conditions set out in a previous disciplinary order. He was initially sanctioned for neglecting a civil case. For additional information concerning
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