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Ronald Richard Duebbert

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Date Admitted

May 10, 1990

Illinois Registration Status

Not authorized to practice law due to discipline – Last Registered Year: 2019

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report as attorney is disciplined

Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings
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In re Duebbert, Ronald Richard, 2020PR00034
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition Suspension for a specified period of time and until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition 11/23/2022
End Date of Disposition
Definition of Disposition A suspension until further order of the Court 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 and until the lawyer has demonstrated rehabilitation, good character, and current knowledge of the law in a subsequent reinstatement case. The lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the suspension.
Case Summary Mr. Duebbert, a former circuit court judge in St. Clair County who was licensed in 1990, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. In 2016 and 2107, he made false statements to the police and to the Judicial Inquiry Board about his contacts with a friend of his who was the subject of a criminal investigation. He has been suspended on an interim basis since July 13, 2020. A suspension until further order of the Court is an indefinite suspension which requires the suspended lawyer to petition for reinstatement after the fixed period of suspension ends. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board.
In re Duebbert, Ronald Richard, 2020PR00034
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition Interim suspension until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition 07/13/2020
End Date of Disposition
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. Duebbert, who was licensed in 1990, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. Mr. Duebbert, a former circuit court judge, was removed from the bench by the Illinois Courts Commission in January 2020 for giving false and misleading statements to law enforcement officers who were investigating a homicide in which one of his friends had been identified as a suspect, and for testifying falsely before the Judicial Inquiry Board. Mr. Duebbert is currently the subject of a two-count disciplinary complaint alleging the same misconduct.
In re Duebbert, Ronald Richard, 2013PR00127
Disposition Censure
Effective Date of Disposition 09/21/2015
End Date of Disposition 09/21/2015
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. Duebbert, who was licensed in 1990, was censured. He knowingly and intentionally made a false statement about the qualifications, integrity, and other facts of his opponent in a promotional mailer that he sent to 75,000 to 100,000 potential voters while campaigning to be a judge in the 20th Judicial District in the November 2012 election.
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