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Disposition	Transfer to disability inactive status
Effective Date of Disposition	07/21/2011
End Date of Disposition	No disposition end date scheduled at this time. Status continues until further order of the Court.
Definition of Disposition	A transfer to disability inactive status reflects a determination by the Supreme Court that the attorney is incapacitated from continuing to practice law. The transfer is until further order of the Supreme Court and the lawyer may not practice law unless and until the lawyer is restored to active status by order of the Supreme Court.
Case Summary	Mr. Masters, who was licensed in 1970, was transferred to inactive disability status and until further order of the Court because he was found to be incapacitated from continuing to practice law.

Disposition	Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition	03/08/2002
End Date of Disposition	01/12/2003
Definition of Disposition	Suspension for a specified period reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct and that the misconduct warrants an interruption of the lawyer's authority to practice law during the suspension period, which is a fixed period of time identified in the Supreme Court's order. The lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the suspension.

Disposition	Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition	11/28/2001
End Date of Disposition	01/22/2002
Definition of Disposition	Suspension for a specified period reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct and that the misconduct warrants an interruption of the lawyer's authority to practice law during the suspension period, which is a fixed period of time identified in the Supreme Court's order. The lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the suspension.
Case Summary	Mr. Masters, who was licensed in 1970, was suspended for one year. He assisted his client in fraud and offered false evidence in connection with a personal injury claim. He also litigated his client’s claims of harassment by agents of the defendant despite substantial evidence that the claims were groundless and had been fabricated by the client.

Disposition	Reprimand
Effective Date of Disposition	01/11/1993
End Date of Disposition	Not Applicable. Censures and reprimands do not affect the authority of the lawyer to continue to practice law.
Definition of Disposition	A reprimand reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct, but that the violation is not so serious to warrant a sanction that would affect the lawyer’s authority to continue to practice law. As a result, a reprimand does not affect the authority of the lawyer to continue to practice law. A reprimand is the only form of discipline that may be imposed by the Hearing Board or Review Board. All other discipline must be imposed by the Supreme Court.