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Ruth A. Batey

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Date Admitted

November 09, 1995

Illinois Registration Status

Deceased – Last Registered Year: 2013

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report as attorney is deceased

Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings
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In re Batey, Ruth A., 2020PR00027
Disposition Interim suspension until further order of the Court
Effective Date of Disposition 06/22/2020
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.
In re Batey, Ruth A., 2018PR00108
Disposition Suspension with condition(s)
Effective Date of Disposition 04/09/2019
End Date of Disposition
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 Ms. Batey was licensed in both Illinois and Indiana in 1995. The Indiana Supreme Court accepted her resignation from the bar after she failed to comply with reasonable requests for information from a personal injury client, failed to promptly deliver funds in the amount of $1,036 or provide an accounting to that client, commingled her own property with the property of others in her trust account, made hundreds of online or electronic transfers from her trust account without written withdrawal authorization as required under Indiana rules, and attempted to interfere with a subpoena issued to her bank by the Indiana disciplinary authority. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended her until she is reinstated in Indiana. The suspension is effective on April 9, 2019.
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