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Debrai Ghirmai Haile

Haile Law LLC
1022 N Honore No 3
Chicago, Illinois 60622-3717

(312) 479-5180

debrai@hailelegal.com

Date Admitted

November 06, 1997

Illinois Registration Status

Active and authorized to practice law, with disciplinary probation conditions

Malpractice Insurance

In annual registration, the attorney reported that the attorney, or the attorney’s firm, maintains malpractice insurance.

Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings
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In re Haile, Debrai Ghirmai, 2024PR00013
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition Probation
Effective Date of Disposition 01/08/2026
End Date of Disposition No disposition end date scheduled at this time. Probation continues until compliance with probationary condition(s).
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.
In re Haile, Debrai Ghirmai, 2024PR00013
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition Suspension for a specified period. Suspension stayed in part.
Effective Date of Disposition 10/10/2025
End Date of Disposition 01/08/2026
Definition of Disposition The Supreme Court may order that, following a suspension, a further period of suspension be stayed, typically in connection with an order of probation. A stay defers the further suspension period 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.
Case Summary Mr. Haile, who was licensed in 1997, was suspended for one year, with the suspension stayed after 90 days in favor of a two-year period of conditional probation. During a 14-month period, while working as a partner at a law firm, Mr. Haile created false billing entries in two client matters. He recorded 142 hours in the first client matter and 387.50 hours in the second client matter for time that he claimed to have spent working on projects for the clients, even though he had not done all the work described in his billing entries. The suspension is effective on October 10, 2025.
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