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Robert Michael Kowalski

Robert M. Kowalski
1918 West Cermak Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60608-4237

(312) 218-3030

Not available

Date Admitted

November 08, 1990

Illinois Registration Status

Not authorized to practice law due to discipline – Last Registered Year: 2020

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report as attorney is disciplined

Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings
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In re Kowalski, Robert Michael, 2024PR00072
Case is pending For more information, call ARDC at (312) 565-2600 or, within Illinois, at (800) 826-8625
In re Kowalski, Robert Michael, 2020PR00078
Disposition Interim suspension until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition 02/26/2021
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. Kowalski, who was licensed in 1990, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. Mr. Kowalski, along with five other defendants, including his sister, attorney Jan R. Kowalski, was the subject of an eighteen-count second superseding indictment which charged that Mr. Kowalski committed the offenses of bankruptcy fraud, tax fraud, and conspiring to embezzle at least $29 million from a bank.
In re Kowalski, Robert Michael, 2015PR00032
Disposition Suspension with condition(s)
Effective Date of Disposition 10/13/2017
End Date of Disposition 07/02/2018 Condition(s) satisfied.
Definition of Disposition A suspension with conditions reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct and that the misconduct warrants both an interruption of the lawyer's authority to practice law during the suspension period, and the imposition of conditions with which the lawyer must comply. The suspension may be for a fixed period of time or for a fixed period of time and until the lawyer complies with the conditions. The lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the suspension.
Case Summary Mr. Kowalski, who was licensed in 1990, was suspended for six months and until he completes an ARDC Professionalism Seminar. He misappropriated $2,500 in escrow money that he held in connection with a real estate sale. The suspension is effective on October 13, 2017.
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