In re SHELDON LEE BANKS, Attorney Number 107263
707 Lake Cook Road, Suite 316
Deerfield, Illinois 60015-4933

File information: M.R. 23084, 08 CH 87

  Mr. Banks, who was licensed in 1965, was censured. He failed to promptly refund an unearned fee after withdrawing from a criminal defense matter.

In re ROBERT EUGENE BENNETT,
Attorney Number 172219
4847 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60615-1919

File Information: M.R 23011, 07 CH 99

  Mr. Bennett, who was licensed in 1976, was suspended for thirty days. He continued to practice law after his name was removed from the Master Roll of Attorneys for failing to register pursuant to Supreme Court rule. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re LI NAN CHIANG, Attorney Number 6205637
2308 South Wentworth, Suite R202
Chicago, Illinois 60616-1039

File Information: M.R. 23022, 07 CH 67

  Mr. Chiang, who was licensed in 1991, was suspended for five months and until further order of Court, with the suspension stayed after the first one hundred twenty days by a two-year period of conditional probation. He neglected six immigration appeals, made a misstatement of material fact to a tribunal, and made baseless accusations impugning the integrity of certain members of the judiciary. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re CRAIG CARNELL CUNNINGHAM,
Attorney Number 6220289
4320 Winfield Road, Suite 200
Warrenville, Illinois 60555-4023

File Information: M.R. 23055, 07 CH 128

  Mr. Cunningham, who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for one year, with the suspension stayed after five months by a one-year period of conditional probation. He converted $3,000 from a client in a criminal case, charged unreasonable fees in another client matter, and made misrepresentations to a tribunal. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re HARRY E. DEFOURNEAU, Attorney Number 6189481
16607 South Wood Street
Markham, Illinois 60428-5828

File Information: M.R. 23031, 08 CH 50

  Mr. Defourneau, who was licensed in 1985, was suspended for six months. He converted $2,487.70 from a real estate escrow fund that he was holding on behalf of a client. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re PEGGY ANN DOHENY, Attorney Number 6193726
711 South Boulevard, Number 6
Oak Park, Illinois 60302-2926

File Information: M.R. 22993, 08 CH 90

  Ms. Doheny, who was licensed in 1986, was disbarred on consent. She misappropriated over $200,000 in client funds in two estate matters, failed to respond to client requests for information, and did not cooperate with the ARDC investigation.

In re CORNELIUS THOMAS DUCEY, Jr.,
Attorney Number 683779
7 Ridge Lane
Belleville, Illinois 62223-1228

File Information: M.R. 23053, 03 SH 123

  Mr. Ducey, who was licensed in 1971, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court. After filing a lawsuit on behalf of a number of individual plaintiffs, he ignored the instructions of two of the clients to cease representing them, continued to file pleadings on their behalf, and told a judge that he represented them when he knew that he had been discharged. In addition, he neglected a client’s medical malpractice action resulting in its dismissal, and failed to return the client’s calls or inform her that her case had been dismissed. He was suspended on an interim basis on August 26, 2005.

In re MARC BRADLEY JACOBS,
Attorney Number 6277706

1214 North Marion Court, Unit B

Chicago, Illinois 60622-3894

File Number: M.R. 23030, 08 CH 21

  Mr. Jacobs, who was licensed in 2002, was disbarred on consent. Between 2002 and 2007, he engaged in several acts of mortgage fraud and equity stripping through residential real estate lease-buyback agreements.

In re MANOS KAVVADIAS, Attorney Number 6186816
1755 South Naperville Road, Suite 100
Wheaton, Illinois 60189-5844

File Information: M.R. 23079, 08 CH 70

  Mr. Kavvadias, who was licensed in 1984, was suspended for one year. He neglected a client’s petition for a restricted driving permit, failed to respond to a motion to dismiss a civil suit that he had filed to obtain the permit for his client, and presented the client with a fabricated court order stating she would receive a new license. In another matter, he represented a client in a breach of contract action and presented six different court orders to a judge marked as “agreed.” In actuality, he had never contacted opposing counsel or obtained any agreement as to those orders. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re DANIEL CASS MILLS, Attorney Number 6231139
3573 Vestige Trail
Springfield, Illinois 62707

File Information: M.R. 23070, 07 SH 2

  Mr. Mills, who was licensed in 1996, was suspended for two years and until further order of the Court. He possessed and purchased cocaine and cannabis while he was employed as an assistant state’s attorney in Sangamon County, Illinois.  In a separate matter, he was convicted of unlawful possession and use of a weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia.

In re DORIS KATHERINE NAGEL,
Attorney Number 6199597
826 Saugatuck Trail
Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061-3242

File Information: M.R. 23075, 08 CH 42

  Ms. Nagel, who was licensed in 1988, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court, with the suspension stayed by a two-year period of probation subject to conditions. She pled guilty in state court to theft and was placed on one year supervision. She shoplifted about $500 worth of merchandise from a department store. She also pled guilty to endangering the life or health of a child and was placed on probation for two years. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re DAVID THOMAS ODOM, Attorney Number 6211444
Post Office Box 9383
Naperville, Illinois  60567-0383

File Information: M.R. 22688, 04 CH 75

  Mr. Odom, who was licensed in 1992, was suspended for eighteen months. He converted $15,000 that he was obligated to hold for a client and/or her creditors. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re ERIC R. ROMER, Attorney Number 2372738
205 West Randolph Street, Suite 840
Chicago, Illinois 60606-1813

File Information: M.R. 23074, 08 CH 19

  Mr. Romer, who was licensed in 1972, was suspended for three months. While acting as an escrowee in a real estate transaction, he failed to preserve the identity of $5,015 in funds. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re ROBERT WILLIAM ROONEY Jr.,
Attorney Number 2374927
1 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2225
Chicago, Illinois 60602-3916

File Information: M.R. 23069, 08 CH 46

  Mr. Rooney, who was licensed in 1969, was suspended for three years. He converted approximately $49,000 from a personal injury settlement that he had negotiated on behalf of clients. The suspension is effective on June 8, 2009.

In re RYAN JON SCHMIDT, Attorney Number 6243829
910 East Oak Street
Lake in the Hills, Illinois 60156-6172

File Information: M.R. 23012, 08 CH 31

  Mr. Schmidt, who was licensed in 1997, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court. He neglected six client matters, made misrepresentations to his clients regarding those matters, and failed to abide by client decisions.

In re DENNIS CHARLES SEGOVIA,
Attorney Number 6205355
612 Arthur Drive
Lombard, Illinois 60148-3609

File Information: M.R. 23076, 08 CH 54

  Mr. Segovia, who was licensed in 1990, was disbarred. He filed twenty-one lis pendens with false statements to cloud titles, made false statements to a judge, made false statements about a judge’s integrity, and filed a frivolous lawsuit. He also failed to cooperate with the ARDC.

 

The Following Order Was Entered By The Court Before The MAY 2009 Term But Were Not Included In Any Previous Information Release

In re DONALD P. LASICA, Attorney Number 1585002
6732 West Cermak Road
Berwyn, Illinois 60402-2217

File Information: M.R. 23002, 07 CH 125

Order entered on April 9, 2009.

  Mr. Lasica, who was licensed in 1975, was suspended on an interim basis and until further order of the Court. An ARDC Hearing Board earlier concluded that he had misappropriated approximately $78,000 from an escrow account.