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Disposition	Disbarment
Effective Date of Disposition	11/20/2013
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. Niew, who was licensed in 1981, was disbarred. She was entrusted with $2.34 million belonging to a couple that she represented pending their purchase of three buildings. She misappropriated all of the funds and then made multiple misrepresentations to her clients, the sellers of the properties, and the sellers’ attorneys and real estate agents regarding the status of the funds. She was suspended on an interim basis on May 7, 2013.

Disposition	Interim suspension until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition	05/07/2013
End Date of Disposition	11/20/2013
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. Niew, who was licensed in 1981, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. A complaint pending before the ARDC Hearing Board alleges that she solicited clients to wire transfer $2,340,000 into her client fund account to be held for the clients’ future purchase of real estate. Prior to the purchase of any real estate, Ms. Niew allegedly used at least $2,148,512.80 of the funds for her own business or personal purposes without her clients’ authority.

Disposition	Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition	07/01/2001
End Date of Disposition	04/01/2002
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.

Disposition	Censure
Effective Date of Disposition	05/23/1989
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.