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Donald Fredrick Franz

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Date Admitted

November 04, 1993

Illinois Registration Status

Deceased – Last Registered Year: 2016

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report as attorney is deceased

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In re Franz, Donald Fredrick, 2019PR00069
Disposition Disbarment On Consent
Effective Date of Disposition 11/19/2019
End Date of Disposition No disposition end date scheduled at this time. Discipline continues until further order of the Court.
Definition of Disposition Disbarment on consent is imposed by the Supreme Court based upon the lawyer's filing of a motion to strike his or her name from the roll of attorneys in face of disciplinary charges that are set forth in the Administrator's Statement of Charges. The disbarred lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the disbarment on consent and may not return to the practice of law unless and until the lawyer 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 three years after the effective date of the disbarment on consent.
Case Summary Mr. Franz, who was licensed in 1993, was disbarred on consent following his convictions for resisting arrest, driving under the influence of alcohol, telephone harassment, and unlawful possession of a firearm without a FOID card.
In re Franz, Donald Fredrick, 2014PR00161
Disposition Suspension for a specified period of time and until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition 09/22/2017
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. Franz, who was licensed in 1993, and removed from the master roll on March 10, 2017 for failing to register, was suspended for two years and until further order of the court. He required his client to sign a $10,000 promissory note as a condition of his continuing representation in a trial. He failed to reduce a contingency fee agreement to writing. He also left voicemail messages for the ARDC, counsel for the ARDC and a client, in which he threatened to inflict physical harm and to kill the Administrator and his attorney.
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