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Elena Gallo

Gallo Law Group, Ltd.
1400 S. Michigan Ave. Suite D
Chicago, Illinois 60605

(312) 237-6020

Not available

Date Admitted

November 07, 2002

Illinois Registration Status

Not authorized to practice law due to discipline – Last Registered Year: 2018

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report as attorney is disciplined

Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings
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In re Gallo, Elena, 2017PR00101
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition Disbarment
Effective Date of Disposition 03/13/2020
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.
Case Summary Ms. Gallo, who was licensed in 2002, was disbarred. She dishonestly converted $17,978 and charged excessive fees of $13,150 in several real estate transactions. She also engaged in a conflict of interest by representing both the buyer and the sellers in the same real estate transaction.
In re Gallo, Elena, 2017PR00101
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition Interim suspension until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition 10/12/2018
End Date of Disposition 03/13/2020
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 Ms. Gallo, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. She was charged with misappropriating more than $18,000 of client funds. In addition, while handling six real estate matters for client, it was alleged that she increased her legal fees without her clients’ consent in three transactions, and then misled her clients and her law firm's partners regarding those increased fees.
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