The mission of the Standing Committee on the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission is:
- To solidify the working relationship between the ISBA and the ARDC through enhanced communication and dissemination of relevant information.
- To provide information to the legal community regarding attorneys' professional and ethical duties and the disciplinary system.
- To review and make recommendations to the ARDC and the Supreme Court of Illinois regarding the disciplinary system to ensure that the disciplinary system is fair and balances the needs of the profession and the public.
Consists of a chair, vice-chair, secretary and members-at-large appointed by the ISBA President.
Useful Resources
- ISBA Ethics page
- Illinois Bar Journal articles on ethics and attorney discipline.
- Recent disciplinary filings
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ARDC Annual Report Shows Grievances at Lowest Number Since 1988
Recent Decisions
Misuse of Client Funds
In re: Allen A. Lefkovitz, M.R. 28257 (November 21, 2016), affirming 2014 PR 00039 (August 24, 2015)
Committee Roster
- Peter C. Alexander, Carbondale, Chair
- David A. Herman, Giffin Winning Cohen & Bodewes PC, Springfield, Vice-Chair
- Hon. Michelle A. Vescogni, 13th Judicial Circuit, Ottawa, Secretary
- George M. Sachs, George M Sachs PC, Arlington Heights, Ex-Officio
- Anthony B. Cameron, Cameron Law Offices, Quincy, Member
- Hon. Gerald B. Cohn, US COURTS, Collinsville, Member
- Robert K. Downs, Downs Law Offices PC, Oak Park, Member
- James R. Engelman, Lexington, Member
- Hon. Robert W. Fioretti, Esq, Disparti Law Group, Chicago, Member
- Todd Fleming, Fleming & Fleming Ltd, O Fallon, Member
- Richard C. Gleason, II, ARDC, Chicago, Member
- Kathryne R. Hayes, Collins Bargione Vuckovich, Chicago, Member
- Kimberly Mahlow Hinkle, Buffalo Grove, Member/CLE Committee Liaison
- Hon. Lloyd A. Karmeier, Ret., Nashville, Member
- Scott A. Kozlov, Arlington Heights, Member
- Ann M. Lampariello, Lamp Law LLC, Wheaton, Member
- Rebecca M. Leynaud, Leynaud Law Group, LLC, Peru, Member
- George E. Marifian, Belleville, Member
- Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Clifford Law Offices, Northfield, Member
- Barry I. Mortge, Law Offices of Barry I. Mortge, Buffalo Grove, Member
- Ann R. Pieper, ARDC, Morton, Member
- David Lawrence Sanders, The Patterson Law Firm LLC, Chicago, Member
- Marie K. Sarantakis, Sarantakis Law Group Ltd, Oak Brook, Member
- Gary L. Schlesinger, Libertyville, Member
- Paige Anne-Marie Endsley Tungate, Downey Law Group LLC, Saint Louis, Member
- Kristin Irene Olson, Belleville, Board Liaison
- Anita M. DeCarlo, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, Staff Liaison