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Dalton Payne Grief

DALTON P. GRIEF ATTORNEY AT LAW
3010 Langston Circle
St. Charles, Illinois 60175

(630) 430-6645

Not available

Date Admitted

November 18, 1965

Illinois Registration Status

Not authorized to practice law as attorney is not currently registered with ARDC and has not demonstrated required MCLE compliance – Last Registered Year: 2023

Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings
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In re Grief, Dalton Payne, 2015PR00059
Disposition Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition 06/08/2017
End Date of Disposition 03/08/2018
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. Grief, who was licensed in 1965, was suspended for nine months. He failed to reduce a contingent fee agreement to writing, neglected a client's wrongful termination matter, misrepresented the status of the matter to the client, and did not cooperate during the ARDC's initial investigation into his conduct. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2017.
In re Grief, Dalton Payne, 98CH0044
Disposition Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition 03/01/1999
End Date of Disposition 03/01/2002
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.
In re Grief, Dalton Payne, 88CH0077
Disposition Censure
Effective Date of Disposition 09/27/1989
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 censure 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, censure does not affect the authority of a lawyer to continue to practice law.
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