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Disposition	Disbarment
Effective Date of Disposition	01/23/2008
End Date of Disposition	No disposition end date scheduled at this time. Discipline continues until further order of the Court.
Definition of Disposition	Disbarment is a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct warranting the most serious sanction. The disbarred lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the disbarment and may not return to the practice of law unless and until he or she has demonstrated his or her rehabilitation, good character, and current knowledge of the law in a subsequent reinstatement case, which may not be filed until five years after the effective date of the disbarment.

Disposition	Interim suspension until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition	08/17/2007
End Date of Disposition	01/23/2008
Definition of Disposition	An interim suspension reflects the determination of the Supreme Court that a lawyer should be suspended from the practice of law. In imposing interim suspension, the Court orders that the lawyer be suspended until further order of the Court and may impose such conditions as the Court deems necessary. The lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the interim suspension. The Court may terminate the interim suspension upon imposition of final discipline or under other circumstances as the Supreme Court deems just.
Case Summary	Mr. Holstein, who was licensed in 1972, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. He was charged in a nine-count federal indictment with defrauding his debtor clients by undertaking representation and collecting fees when he knew that he was about to be suspended from the practice of law in Illinois for professional misconduct (he was suspended for eighteen months effective October 17, 2005), and with making false entries in bankruptcy petitions and statements of financial affairs in connection with three bankruptcy matters. In addition, he is the subject of new disciplinary charges alleging that he engaged in conduct involving dishonesty with respect to two different bankruptcy cases, that he maintained a client trust account in the name of an attorney not associated with his law firm, and that he forged the name of his deceased wife on a signature card for the account.

Disposition	Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition	10/17/2005
End Date of Disposition	04/17/2007
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. Holstein, who was licensed in 1972, was disbarred. He failed to comply with Supreme Court rules when he was suspended for professional misconduct in 2005. In addition, Mr. Holstein, or someone acting at his direction, forged his late wife’s signature on a bank signatory card claiming that she was his business partner in the practice of law. He also filed a filed false fee petition in a bankruptcy case.

Disposition	Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition	09/27/1989
End Date of Disposition	03/27/1990
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.