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James A. Borrasso

PO Box 8
Highwood, Illinois 60040-0008

(708) 276-3149

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Date Admitted

November 16, 1984

Illinois Registration Status

Not authorized to practice law due to discipline and has not demonstrated required MCLE compliance – Last Registered Year: 2000

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report as attorney is disciplined

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In re Borrasso, James A., 00CH0019
Disposition Disbarment
Effective Date of Disposition 09/21/2001
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 Mr. Borrasso, who was licensed in 1984, was disbarred. He successfully defended Sandra Lopez after she had been charged with murdering her husband. During the course of that case, the two became romantically involved. Thereafter, he helped Lopez flee the country before she was indicted for home invasion. He arranged for her to leave the United States, sent her money, sold her condominium, acted as short-term guardian for her children, and arranged for her children to leave the country to meet their mother. There is an outstanding federal warrant for Lopez, and the whereabouts of the couple is unknown.
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