Mr. Henneberry, who was licensed in 1981, was disbarred on consent. In 2016, Mr. Szymanski was arrested and charged with aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery arising from an incident in which he pushed his spouse against a wall and placed his hands around her throat, causing a partial obstruction of her breathing. A lawyer suspended for more than six months or a disbarred lawyer shall be reinstated or readmitted only upon order of the court. The Indiana Supreme Court suspended her for 90 days, beginning November 23, 2020, with 30 days of that suspension to be actively served and the remainder stayed subject to completion of at least two years of conditional probation. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for one year and until further order, with the suspension stayed by two years of probation, nunc pro tunc, to December 24, 2013, subject to the disciplinary conditions imposed in Missouri. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended her for 90 days, with the suspension stayed after 30 days by a two-year period of probation, nunc pro tunc to November 23, 2020, subject to the conditions imposed in Indiana, and continuing until her probation in Indiana is terminated. The suspension will be effective 7 calendar days after receipt of notice unless, an objection is filed. Mr. White was licensed in Illinois in 1982 and in Maine in 1988. This page contains ARDC summaries of recent disciplinary decisions issued by the Supreme Court of Illinois. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and censured him. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and entered an order disbarring him in Illinois. Mr. McNabola, who was licensed in 1985, was censured for misconduct in connection with two separate matters. A suspension until further order of the Court is an indefinite suspension which requires the suspended lawyer to petition for reinstatement after the fixed period of suspension ends. Ms. Hill-McClain, who was licensed in 1988, was suspended for six months and until she makes restitution of $16,300 to a client. He engaged in a conflict of interest when he represented clients with adverse interests in a small-claims action, and he failed to explain the matter to one client to the extent reasonably necessary for that client to make informed decisions regarding the representation. Mr. Szymanski later pled guilty to misdemeanor battery in connection with that incident. Debarment is the permanent suspension of a vendor from doing business with the OAG. ARDC seeks suspension in $80K client fraud. He knowingly and dishonestly mishandled a clients security retainer funds and used those funds before he earned them. Mr. McCormick, who was licensed in Illinois in 2021, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed after six months by a two-year period of probation with conditions. In three separate legal matters, he repeatedly sent threatening and harassing email messages to other attorneys. Miles was licensed to practice in Illinois in 1975 and in California in 1985. He engaged in a number of criminal acts involving incidents of domestic violence and driving while over the legal limit for alcohol, and he mishandled three patent applications. A suspension until further order of the Court is an indefinite suspension which requires the suspended lawyer to petition for reinstatement after the fixed period of suspension ends. Mr. Jackson was licensed in Arizona in 2011 and in Illinois in 2014. He also made misrepresentations to the client, a third party, and the ARDC, which included fabricating a file-stamp to make it appear that he had filed the brief. On at least 90 occasions, he used a credit card belonging to the real estate company for which he was in-house counsel to make unauthorized payments to merchant accounts he controlled. Mr. OConnor was licensed in Illinois in 1980 and in Arizona in 1988. After the representation of that client ended and the client did not repay the loans, one of Mr. McNabola's partners represented Mr. McNabola's father in a collection lawsuit against the former client. She charged an unreasonable fee by collecting a percentage of a six-figure recovery in an undisputed workers compensation matter when her fee was limited by statute to $100, and she engaged in a conflict of interest by providing financial assistance to her client that was not for court costs or expenses related to contemplated or pending litigation. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. The suspension is effective on October 14, 2021. Rod Blagojevich After CBS 2 reported on the ARDC complaint, Dickler suspended Pasulka from serving as guardian ad litem in Cook County and removed him as the chair of . If an objection is filed, the suspension shall not become effective until the evaluation of the objection is completed. A suspension until further order of the Court is an indefinite suspension which requires the suspended lawyer to petition for reinstatement after the fixed period of suspension ends. She did not diligently handle two dissolution of marriage matters and one child custody matter, and she repeatedly failed to respond to clients' requests for information about their cases. Mr. Sides, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. Sheets, who was licensed in 1990, was suspended for thirty days for engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. Mr. Pondenis, who was licensed in 2006, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts disbarred him for intentionally converting over $42,000 that he was supposed to be holding in connection with an insurance dispute. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2021. A review board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has recommended a nine-month and six-month suspension for two attorneys accused of bringing a lawsuit for the purpose of harassment. The ARDC may seek an interim suspension whenever an attorney has been charged with (as opposed to convicted of) a crime that involves moral turpitude or a crime that reflects adversely on the attorney's fitness to practice law, and there is persuasive evidence to support the charge. His wife, a paralegal at the firm, fraudulently opened accounts in the law firm's name using names of relatives and then used funds from those accounts to pay for law firm and personal expenses. Mr. Ybarra, who was licensed in 2008, was suspended for one year, with the suspension stayed after 60 days by an 18-month period of conditional probation. Mr. Araujo, who was licensed in 1993, was disbarred for sexually harassing three women: a Chicago police officer, a court reporter and an Assistant State's Attorney, while he was acting as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge. Mr. Cunningham, who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for six months. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for 180 days, with the suspension stayed after 60 days in favor of a two-year period of probation, nunc pro tunc to April 23, 2019, subject to the conditions imposed in Indiana and continuing until he successfully completes his Indiana probation. Between March and May 2018, Mr. Rueda converted over $15,000 in four client matters due in part to his failure to keep appropriate trust account records. In a third matter, he advanced non-meritorious claims and contentions, made false representations in a court filing, and made false statements to the Arizona State Bar during its investigation into his conduct. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and censured him. Additionally, he used $13,313 of that $43,601 for his own purposes without his client's authority. Mr. McCloskey was licensed in Illinois in 1987 and in Missouri in 1986. During a telephone call with that attorney, Mr. Pomrenze threatened great harm to the other lawyers client if the client filed a criminal complaint against Mr. Pomrenze or if he submitted a complaint to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. In one matter, he converted $40,000 in funds belonging to a bankruptcy estate and disbursed over $230,000 in insurance proceeds to his client without disclosing the receipt or disbursement of those proceeds to the court. Mr. McWard, who was licensed in 2017, was suspended for 90 days. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for thirty days. Mr. Allen was licensed in Illinois in 1986 and in New Hampshire in 1988. Mr. Flangel, who was licensed in 1992, was disbarred on consent. The suspension is effective on April 15, 2022. Mr. Palladinetti, who was licensed in 1985, was disbarred. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. A suspension until further order of the Court is an indefinite suspension which requires the suspended lawyer to petition for reinstatement after the fixed period of suspension ends. He made false or reckless statements about the integrity of a federal bankruptcy judge in nine motions filed in the bankruptcy or federal district court. In the course of representing clients in personal injury matters, he provided financial assistance to two clients, misrepresented the status of matters to at least two clients, and signed a client's name on a settlement release without authority. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. Over an eight-month period, he used more than $16,000 in funds belonging to a bar association of which he was then president, without authority, by withdrawing funds from the associations bank account and charging personal expenses to the associations credit and debit cards. Mr. Ruggiero, who was licensed in 1992, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court after the ARDC's Inquiry Board authorized the filing of a formal disciplinary complaint charging him with dishonestly misappropriating more than $260,000 to which he had access as trustee of his late aunt's trust. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him. In another matter, following a dispute with his former partners that went to arbitration, Mr. McNabola issued a subpoena for an employee's cell phone records under the caption of the closed arbitration matter. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Arizona suspended her for six months and one day. The suspension is effective on February 7, 2023. He failed to diligently handle a number of bankruptcy matters, did not adequately communicate with those clients, and made misrepresentations to those clients and his employer about the status of the cases. The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine publicly reprimanded him and suspended him for nine months. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Arizona entered an order suspending him, on a reciprocal basis, for 45 days, effective retroactively to July 15, 2020, based upon an order of discipline from the Executive Office for Immigration Review of the United States Department of Justice. An interim suspension may also be . He commingled and used without authority approximately $5,200 in others' funds in connection with real estate escrow and earnest money matters. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022. 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. Carver, who was licensed in Florida in 1990 and in Illinois in 1991, was suspended for 90 days by the Florida Supreme Court. Mr. Hall, who was licensed in 2019, was suspended for 60 days, with the suspension stayed after 30 days by a one-year period of probation with conditions. Mr. McIntyre, who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for 18 months and until further order of the Court. The suspension is effective on February 7, 2023. He recorded 277 hours in false time entries while working on a document review project for a large law firm. The suspension is effective Oct.14. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended her for one year, with the suspension stayed in its entirety by a one-year period of probation, nunc pro tunc to November 21, 2020, subject to the conditions imposed in California, and continuing until she completes her California probation. The Supreme Court of Colorado disbarred him for not diligently representing three clients in patent matters, failing to keep clients informed about the status of their matters, converting client funds in two of the matters, and abandoning two of the clients. While acting as an Assistant States Attorney, he provided incomplete or false information to a judge in order to cause the judge to set a lower bond amount for an individual under arrest. Mr. Sides, who was licensed in 2002, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2021. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board. He also made improper and abusive statements to his landlord and the landlord's wife in electronic messages while representing himself in an eviction matter pertaining to his law office. 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