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REGISTRATION Annual Registration Process | Removal From and Reinstatement to the Master Roll of Attorneys | Change of Attorney’s Registration Address | Change of Registration Address Form | Attorney’s Request For Written Verification of Status | Request For Written Verification of Status Form | Changing From Rule 770 Inactive Status | Requesting Duplicate Identification Card | Admission to Practice Law | Attorney's Request for Name Change | Professional Service Entities and Associations | Rule 756(j) Pro Bono Authorization Forms | Contact the Registration Department REMOVAL FROM AND REINSTATEMENT TO THE MASTER ROLL OF ATTORNEYS Supreme Court Rule 756 provides that on February 1 of each year, the ARDC must remove from the master roll the name of any lawyer who has not registered for that year. The rule also provides that any lawyer who practices law while not on the master roll engages in the unauthorized practice of law and may be held in contempt. ARDC sends a Final Registration Notice in January, warning unregistered attorneys that they will be removed from the master roll if they do not register. Shortly after the removal, ARDC sends notice of an attorney's removal to the attorney and to the Chief Judges and Clerks of the circuit courts in which the removed attorney was registered. If you have been removed from the master roll for failure to register, you can be reinstated by registering and paying the registration fee and any penalty due. Computing Penalties. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 756, ARDC will assess a penalty of $25 per month for each full month that has passed since January 1st of the year you failed to register. (If payment is made in January, no penalty will be assessed. If payment is made in February, a $25 penalty will be added to the annual registration fee due under Supreme Court Rule 756. Payments made in March must include a $50 penalty.) The written notice announcing that you have been stricken from the master roll will reflect the amount you owe, including all penalties, if you pay within the month of February. To verify the amount you owe if you pay after February, call our Registration department at (312) 565-2600 or, from within Illinois, (800) 826-8625. NOTE: If you tender less than the full amount due, you will not be registered until the balance owing has been received. Registration Options Register Online. For lawyers who were registered in 2006 and/or 2005, the most expeditious way to accomplish that will be to submit your registration and payment online. Click here to register on-line. Lawyers whose most recent registration precedes 2005 can still submit registration information online, but you may then have to wait two business days before the amount you owe will be posted to the website so that you will be able to pay online. If you want to accomplish your registration more expeditiously, call our Registration department at (312) 565-2600 or, from within Illinois, (800) 826-8625, ask for the amount you owe, and follow the directions below. Register By Mail or Wire Transfer. If you do not choose to register and pay online, please note that payments cannot be accepted at the ARDC offices. Instead, they must be directed to the ARDC lockbox at the INB Bank Springfield by one of the methods described below. If you bring the payment to the ARDC office, the staff is required to mail it to the lockbox and your registration will be delayed. First Class Mail. Send Registration Form with all required information along with payment to: ARDC Wire Transfers. Complete and fax the registration form to ARDC at (312) 565-0997 along with a statement indicating that the payment is being wire transferred and identifying the amount and particulars of the wire transfer. Wire transfer the payment from the financial institution to INB Bank Springfield, as follows: Directed to: INB Bank Springfield Please Note: Sending or bringing payments to the ARDC offices in Chicago or Springfield will delay reinstatement while the payment is forwarded to our INB Bank Springfield lockbox. |
