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Steven Sam Koukios

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Date Admitted

November 06, 1986

Illinois Registration Status

Retired - not authorized to practice law or provide pro bono services – Last Registered Year: 2025

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report required as attorney is retired

Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings
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In re Koukios, Steven Sam, 2019PR00050
Disposition Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition 04/03/2020
End Date of Disposition 07/02/2020
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. Koukios, who was licensed in 1986, was suspended for 90 days. He agreed to represent a married couple in their efforts to evict a tenant, but had not filed the eviction case after approximately six weeks. When the couple asked for information about the case, he fabricated a document that appeared to be an eviction summons showing that a case had been filed and that a court date had been scheduled. He then sent that document to the couple’s adult daughter, knowing that she would share the false information it contained with her parents. The suspension is effective on April 3, 2020.
In re Koukios, Steven Sam, 2010PR00001
Disposition Censure With Conditions
Effective Date of Disposition 01/19/2011
End Date of Disposition No disposition end date scheduled at this time. Censures and reprimands do not affect the authority of the lawyer to continue to practice law. Condition(s) satisfied.
Definition of Disposition A censure with conditions 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. The Court imposed condition(s) upon the lawyer. The end date of the disposition reflects when the lawyer has complied with the condition(s).
Case Summary Mr. Koukios, who was licensed in 1986, was censured and was ordered to attend the program offered by the Illinois Institute of Professional Responsibility. He represented a client in a criminal case when he had been charged with a related ordinance violation. He did not advise the client that his representation of her might involve a conflict of interest, nor did he obtain her informed consent to the representation.
In re Koukios, Steven Sam, 05CH0037
Disposition Censure
Effective Date of Disposition 11/20/2007
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.
Case Summary Mr. Koukios, who was licensed in 1986, was censured. He delegated representation of a client to another lawyer not in his firm without his client’s permission.
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