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Disposition	Disbarment
Effective Date of Disposition	09/22/2016
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. Beck, who was licensed in 1985, was disbarred. He converted $1,800 in client settlement funds, failed to maintain complete records of his trust account, and was convicted on two separate occasions of driving an automobile on a suspended license. He failed to appear at his disciplinary hearing.

Disposition	Reinstated With Conditions
Effective Date of Disposition	11/17/2009
End Date of Disposition	12/07/2011 Condition(s) continue.
Definition of Disposition	Reinstatement reflects the determination of the Supreme Court that a lawyer who was disbarred, disbarred on consent or suspended until further order of the Supreme Court has demonstrated in a subsequent reinstatement case his or her rehabilitation, good character, and current knowledge of the law to be reinstated, subject to conditions that address issue(s) that arose in the reinstatement case. An order of reinstatement with conditions reinstates the lawyer's license to practice law, but imposes conditions upon the lawyer's practice of law. Upon the determination that the petitioner has established compliance with conditions, the conditions are terminated. If the petitioner does not comply with the conditions, the Court may deny the reinstatement petition.

Disposition	Reinstated With Conditions
Effective Date of Disposition	11/17/2009
End Date of Disposition	12/07/2011 Condition(s) satisfied.
Definition of Disposition	Reinstatement reflects the determination of the Supreme Court that a lawyer who was disbarred, disbarred on consent or suspended until further order of the Supreme Court has demonstrated in a subsequent reinstatement case his or her rehabilitation, good character, and current knowledge of the law to be reinstated, subject to conditions that address issue(s) that arose in the reinstatement case. An order of reinstatement with conditions reinstates the lawyer's license to practice law, but imposes conditions upon the lawyer's practice of law. Upon the determination that the petitioner has established compliance with conditions, the conditions are terminated. If the petitioner does not comply with the conditions, the Court may deny the reinstatement petition.

Disposition	Suspension for a specified period of time and until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition	09/20/2006
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. Beck, who was licensed in 1985, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court. He failed to comply with the terms of an earlier disciplinary suspension and did not withdraw properly from civil litigation.

Disposition	Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition	03/16/2005
End Date of Disposition	03/16/2007
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. Beck, who was licensed in 1985, was suspended for two years. On March 19, 2003, he was suspended for two years, with the suspension stayed in its entirety pending completion of a two-year period of probation with conditions. The sanction was imposed after he was convicted in state court of fleeing and eluding police and possessing a controlled substance. Because he failed to comply with the terms of his probation, the Court revoked his probation.

Disposition	Probation
Effective Date of Disposition	03/19/2003
End Date of Disposition	03/16/2005
Definition of Disposition	Probation reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct, but also a finding that the lawyer may continue to practice law pursuant to specified conditions under ARDC supervision without posing a risk to the public, profession, or courts. As a result, the lawyer may continue to practice law during the period of probation, subject to the conditions imposed by the Court. Probation may be ordered for a specified period of time or for a specified period of time and until further order of the Court. Probation may be ordered in conjunction with a suspension, which may be stayed in whole or in part. A stay defers that portion of the suspension as long as the lawyer complies with probationary conditions. If the lawyer successfully completes probation, the lawyer is not actually suspended during any portion of the stayed suspension.

Disposition	Suspension stayed in whole
Effective Date of Disposition	03/19/2003
End Date of Disposition	03/19/2003
Definition of Disposition	The Supreme Court may order that a suspension be stayed in whole, typically in connection with an order of probation. A stay defers the suspension as long as the lawyer complies with probationary conditions. If the lawyer successfully completes probation, the lawyer is not actually suspended during any portion of the stayed suspension. Under those circumstances, the stayed suspension does not affect the authority of the lawyer to practice law and the lawyer may practice law during the stayed suspension. If the Court determines that the lawyer has failed to comply with probationary conditions, the Court may vacate the stay and may require that the lawyer actually serve the full suspension.