In re PHILIP EDWARD
ADAMS, Attorney Number 6206337
2510 South
Brentwood, Suite 302
St. Louis, Missouri 63144-2329
File information:
M.R. 21586, 07 RC 1504
Mr. Adams was
licensed in Missouri in 1990 and in Illinois the
following year. He was disbarred in Missouri
after he was convicted of forging a divorce
judgment in a client matter. The Illinois
Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and
disbarred him.
In re GEORGE E.
BECKER, Attorney Number 6180685
33 North
LaSalle Street, Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60602-3395
File information: M.R.
21595, 05 CH 45
Mr. Becker, who was licensed in 1981, was
suspended for ninety days. He commingled client
funds with his own money, failed to keep
financial records relating to several client
transactions, and made monetary advances to two
clients. The suspension is effective on June 8,
2007.
In re KEVIN MICHAEL BRILL, Attorney Number
6182552
Post Office Box
77
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515-0077
File information: M.R.
21587, 04 CH 79
Mr. Brill, who was
licensed in Illinois in 1982, was disbarred.
He created false promissory notes purportedly
signed by a client in his favor and attempted to
use them before several tribunals. He was
previously disciplined for misconduct involving
the same client.
In re JOHN HAWTHORNE
CAMPBELL
Attorney
Number 3121484
211 Fulton
Street, Suite 400
Peoria, Illinois 61602-1348
and
In re BRADLEY W. MURPHY
Attorney Number 1992775
100 NE Monroe
Street
Peoria, Illinois 61602-1003
File information: M.R.
21566, 06 SH 74 and 06 SH 75 (consolidated)
Mr. Murphy, who
was licensed in 1973, and Mr. Campbell, who was
licensed in 1978, were censured. While
co-prosecuting a federal cocaine and weapons
case, they failed to disclose to the defense
certain statements that one of their primary
witnesses had made to government agents.
Specifically, they did not disclose that their
witness claimed to have kept and used some of
the controlled substance that he had purchased
from the defendant with police money in
controlled buys.
In re JOHN CHRIST EKONOMOU,
Attorney Number 6230606
10546
South Roberts Road
Palos Hills, Illinois 60465-1934
File information: M.R.
21585, 06 CH 54
Mr. Ekonomou,
who was licensed in 1995, was suspended for
thirty days, with the suspension stayed in its
entirety, pending completion of an
eighteen-month period of probation with
conditions. He neglected a client matter and
failed to keep his client informed about the
status of the matter.
In re FRANCIS JOSEPH GIGANTI, Attorney Number
952893
837 South 4th
Street
Springfield, Illinois 62703-2220
File Information: M.R.
21594, 07 DC 1004
Mr. Giganti, who was
licensed in 1976, was disbarred on consent. He
misappropriated approximately $168,000 from two
different clients. He also issued a $20,000
check to a client to settle the client’s
malpractice claim against him; the check was
returned for insufficient funds.
In re JEFFREY BRYAN HAMMERLUND
Attorney Number 6180521
309 North Main Street
Algonquin, Illinois 60102-2427
File Information: M.R.
21617, 06 CH 56
Mr. Hammerlund, who
was licensed in 1981, was censured. He made
false statements to a judge in connection with
his failure to appear at a scheduled hearing.
In re DIANE LYNN HILLBRANT,
Attorney Number 6207076
1305 Brighton Square
New Brighton, Minnesota 55112-2411
File Information: M.R.
21632, 05 CH 81
Ms. Hillbrant, who was licensed in 1991, was
suspended for thirty days. She engaged in the
unauthorized practice of law in Minnesota and
was later convicted of that conduct. The
suspension is effective on June 8, 2007.
In re MICHAEL GREGORY JOHNSON, Attorney Number
6202655
14419 South
Halsted Street, Apartment 3C
Riverdale, Illinois 60827-2672
File Number: M.R.
21542, 07 DC 1003
Mr. Johnson, who was
licensed in 1990, was disbarred on consent. On
three occasions, he attempted to deliver
cannabis to an inmate who was incarcerated at
the Cook County Jail. He also took $350 from an
undercover agent in exchange for delivering
cannabis to a jail inmate. He was convicted for
conspiring to bring cannabis into a penal
institution and for possessing and delivering a
controlled substance.
In re LeROY KRAMER III, Attorney
Number 6199905
301 West
Lake Street
Marzor Springs, Michigan 49740-1153
File information: M.R.
21545, 07 RC 1501
Mr. Kramer was
licensed in Michigan in 1976 and in Illinois in
1989. He was reprimanded in Michigan for failing
to provide competent representation to a client
in several collection matters. The Illinois
Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and
reprimanded him.
In re ALBERTO MAGALLANEZ III,
Attorney Number 6239498
221 North
LaSalle Street, Suite 1030
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1322
File Information: M.R.
21557, 06 CH 57
Mr. Magallanez, who
was licensed in 1997, was censured. During a
period of time when he was not authorized to
practice law as a result of his failure to
register and pay his annual registration fee, he
held himself out as an attorney and engaged in
the unauthorized practice of law in two matters,
one on behalf of his father, and the other on
behalf of a friend.
In re DEAN MAURO,
Attorney Number 6205071
Post Office
Box 1982
Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1982
File Information: M.R. 21548, 06 CH 18
Mr. Mauro, who was
licensed in 1990, was suspended for one year and
until further order of the Court. He sent a
pre-litigation settlement demand letter in which
he threatened to present criminal charges to
obtain an advantage in a future civil matter,
and he also made false statements about the
evidence he had to support his client’s cause of
action. He did not attend his disciplinary
hearing.
In re TINA MARIE OLTON, Attorney Number 6181212
114 North
Dixie Highway
Momence, Illinois 60954
File information: M.R.
21597, 05 SH 27
Ms. Olton, who was
licensed in 1981, was suspended for sixty days
for neglecting a guardianship and probate
case and for misleading her clients into
thinking she was actively pursuing a third case
on their behalf.
The suspension is
effective on June 8, 2007.
In re RUSTY ALLEN PAYTON,
Attorney Number 6201771
5650
North Broadway Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60660-4414
File information: M.R.
21630, 06 CH 19
Mr. Payton, who was
licensed in 1989, was censured. He
misrepresented the reason for the denial of a
property tax assessment appeal to his client,
concealing the fact that he had submitted an
incomplete appeal request.
In re HOWARD PERITZ, Attorney Number 6187056
123 West
Madison Street, Suite 800
Chicago, Illinois 60602-4621
File information: M.R.
21620, 06 CH 2
Mr. Peritz, who was licensed in 1984, was
suspended for three months and until he makes
certain restitution.
He neglected a
client’s personal injury claim, resulting in the
dismissal of her case, and he initially failed
to be truthful during the course of the
disciplinary investigation. The suspension is
effective on June 8, 2007.
In re PATRICIA
ANTOINETTE ROBERTS
Attorney
Number 6191186
One Tower
Square
Law Dept. 3-38PS
Hartford, Connecticut 06183-0001
File information:
M.R. 21567, 07 RC 1503
Ms. Roberts was
licensed in Illinois in 1985 and in Connecticut
in 1992. She was reprimanded in Connecticut for
failing to properly manage her client trust
funds during the time that she was closing her
law practice. The Illinois Supreme Court imposed
reciprocal discipline and reprimanded her.
In re PETER MICHAEL SOBLE, Attorney Number
2666197
226-17th
Street
Rock Island, Illinois 61201-8753
File Information: M.R.
21558, 07 RC 1502
Mr. Soble
was licensed in
Illinois in 1964 and in Iowa in 1985. He was
reprimanded in Iowa for attempting to use a
threat to report an ethics violation to secure
an advantage in a civil matter. The Illinois
Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and
reprimanded him.
In re TERENCE LEON WHITE, Attorney Number
6192937
4334 North
Hazel, No. 701
Chicago, Illinois 60613-1462
File information: M.R.
21606, 04 CH 137
Mr. White,
who was licensed in 1986, was suspended for four
years, with the last two years of the suspension
stayed by probation, subject to conditions,
provided that he pays a $750 court ordered
sanction. He falsely certified that he had sent
timely a notice of pleadings to his opponent in
a civil proceeding when, in fact, he had not. In
addition, he failed to comply with Supreme Court
Rules following a previous suspension from the
practice of law. The suspension is effective on
June 8, 2007.
In re NATHAN THOMAS WILLIAMS,
Attorney Number 6276891
222
South Central, Suite 1101
Saint Louis, Missouri 63105-3575
File information: M.R.
21629, 06 SH 88
Mr. Williams, who was licensed in 2002, was
suspended for two years. He fabricated bank
correspondence and automobile insurance cards in
order to deceive his wife and father-in-law
about his misuse of ATM and credit cards and his
failure to pay family obligations. He also
practiced law while not registered. The
suspension is effective on June 8, 2007.
The Following Orders Were Entered
By The Court Before The May 2007 Term But Were
Not Included In Any Previous Information Release
In re JOHN J. O’MALLEY, Attorney Number 6225761
134 North
LaSalle Street, Suite 1150
Chicago, IL 60602-1104
File Information: M.R.
20582, 05 CH 18
(Order entered on May
1, 2007)
Mr. O’Malley, who was licensed in 1994, was
suspended for one year and until further order of
the Court because he violated the conditions of a
disciplinary probation by failing to submit to
random drug testing, failing to attend regular
appointments with his psychiatrist, and failing to
complete an aftercare program. He was previously
disciplined for speeding, failing to carry or
display a driver’s license, fleeing or attempting to
elude a police officer, and resisting a peace
officer.
