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Disposition	Disbarment
Effective Date of Disposition	05/14/2015
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. McCaffery, who was licensed in 1991, was disbarred. He misappropriated over $8,400 in client funds, made false statements to a court and the ARDC about his use of some of the funds, and failed to return unearned fees. Additionally, he engaged in several conflicts of interest in a criminal matter and filed a frivolous request to hold a prosecutor in contempt. Finally, he failed to keep his clients informed about the status of a foreclosure case, acted in his own interests in renting his clients’ property without their permission, used rental proceeds from that property for his own benefit, provided false information to a housing agency, and failed to ensure that a non-lawyer associate acted in accordance with ethics rules. He was suspended on an interim basis on November 26, 2014.

Disposition	Interim suspension until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition	11/26/2014
End Date of Disposition	05/14/2015
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.

Disposition	Disbarment
Effective Date of Disposition	05/14/2015
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. McCaffery, who was licensed in 1991, was disbarred. He misappropriated over $8,400 in client funds, made false statements to a court and the ARDC about his use of some of the funds, and failed to return unearned fees. Additionally, he engaged in several conflicts of interest in a criminal matter and filed a frivolous request to hold a prosecutor in contempt. Finally, he failed to keep his clients informed about the status of a foreclosure case, acted in his own interests in renting his clients’ property without their permission, used rental proceeds from that property for his own benefit, provided false information to a housing agency, and failed to ensure that a non-lawyer associate acted in accordance with ethics rules. He was suspended on an interim basis on November 26, 2014.

Disposition	Interim suspension until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition	11/26/2014
End Date of Disposition	05/14/2015
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.

Disposition	Suspension for a specified period
Effective Date of Disposition	02/01/1999
End Date of Disposition	02/01/2000
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.