In re IONE YOUNG GRAY,
Attorney Number 6221592
2265 Westwood
Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90064
File Information:
M.R. 23276, 09 RC 1509
Ms. Gray was
licensed in Illinois in 1974 and in California
in 1977. She was disbarred in California after
she sought renewal of her California real estate
brokerage license by falsely stating, under
penalty of perjury, that she had not been
convicted of any federal crimes, when she had
been convicted of charges of bank fraud and
Social Security fraud the previous year. The
Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal
discipline and disbarred her.
In re CRAIG HOMER GREENWOOD,
Attorney Number 1053817
4456 Seeley
Avenue
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515-2705
File Information: M.R.
23153, 07 CH 1
Mr. Greenwood,
who was licensed in 1973, was suspended for nine
months. He mismanaged funds held in an escrow
account, neglected client matters, and failed to
cooperate with the ARDC investigation.
The suspension takes
effect on October 13, 2009.
In re ROBERT STEWART GREISMAN,
Attorney Number 1055933
233 North
Michigan Avenue, Suite 2500
Chicago, Illinois 60601-5703
File information: M.R.
23301, 09 DC 1006
Mr. Greisman,
who was licensed in Illinois in 1976, was
disbarred on consent. He pled guilty in federal
court to participating in the creation and
marketing of illegal tax shelters.
In re JAY ROBERT GRODNER,
Attorney Number 3123771
30 North
LaSalle Street, Suite 1210
Chicago, Illinois
60602-3364
File Information: M.R.
23223, 08 CH 55
Mr. Grodner, who was
licensed in 1978, was suspended for one year and
until further order of the Court. He was
convicted of criminal damage to property for
scraping the paint off of a United States Marine
Corp Sergeant’s automobile. He also
neglected two client matters and failed to
return unearned fees in relation to those
matters. He did not participate in his
disciplinary proceeding.
In re MARK JOEL HELFAND,
Attorney Number 1179543
180 North
LaSalle Street, Suite 1916
Chicago, Illinois 60601-2605
File Information: M.R.
23119, 07 CH 131
Mr. Helfand,
who was licensed in 1971, was disbarred on
consent. He was convicted of federal bank fraud
and was sentenced to five months incarceration
and five months home confinement, and he was
ordered to pay $21,079 in restitution to a
defrauded bank. The conviction was related to
his participation in a real property flipping
scheme.
In re JEAN MAUREEN HENKER,
Attorney Number 6187592
21 East
MacArthur Drive
Northlake, Illinois
60164-1449
File Information: M.R.
23193, 08 CH 114
Ms. Henker, who was
licensed in 1984, was suspended for six
months. She converted at least $4,724.37 that
she was supposed to be holding in escrow on
behalf of a corporate client, pending the
determination of the amount property taxes owed
on real property that it had sold.
The suspension takes
effect on October 13, 2009.
In re TAMARA NYPHIA HONORE,
Attorney Number 6257277
339 Sandra
Lane
Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411-1657
File Information: M.R.
23222, 08 CH 60
Ms. Honore,
who was licensed in 1998, was suspended for one
year and until further order of the Court. She
was convicted
of disorderly conduct after she made a
threatening statement about a circuit court
judge outside of the judge’s courtroom. In a
separate matter, she engaged in the unauthorized
practice of law when she represented a client
after her name had been removed from the Master
Roll of Attorneys for failing to register.
In re KEITH RICHARD HUGHES,
Attorney Number 6199980
1950 McKinley
Boulevard
Eagle River, Wisconsin 54521-9199
File Information: M.R.
23221, 09 RC 1506
Mr. Hughes was
licensed in Illinois and in Wisconsin in 1989.
He was suspended in Wisconsin for three years
and until he
pays the costs of his disciplinary proceeding
after he was
convicted in federal court of conspiring to use
$270,000 in proceeds from 28 credit cards loans,
without repayment, to purchase a home in Gulf
Shores, Alabama. The Illinois Supreme Court
imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him
for three years and until he is reinstated in
Wisconsin. The
suspension takes effect on October 13, 2009.
In
re BARTHOLOMEW JOHN KEMPFF,
Attorney Number 6272518
200 Tri-State
International, Suite 200
Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069
File Number: M.R.
23168, 09 DC 1003
Mr. Kempff, who was
licensed in 2000, was disbarred on consent. He
was convicted in state court of theft of over
$100,000. As
the corporate attorney for a design firm, he
misappropriated funds from the company’s trust
accounts and an investment fund.
In
re KEVIN TYRONNE KENT,
Attorney Number
6237431
18141 Dixie Highway, Suite 111
Homewood, Illinois 60430-2242
File Number: M.R. 23292, 08 CH 121
Mr. Kent, who was licensed in Illinois in 1996, was suspended for ninety
days. He engaged in a conflict of
interest in a real estate matter. He also
improperly signed a power of attorney as a
witness although he never saw the document
executed. The
suspension takes effect on October 13, 2009.
In re MARTIN ORVAL KIRK,
Attorney Number 6205907
2762 Niles Road
St. Joseph, Michigan 49085
File Information:
M.R. 23317; 09 RC 1514
Mr. Kirk was
licensed in Michigan in 1990 and in Illinois in
1991. He was reprimanded in Michigan for using
intemperate language during a confrontation with
several people in a courthouse parking lot. The
Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal
discipline and reprimanded him.
In re JOHN JERRY KOSIBA,
Attorney Number 6199191
4330 North
Kenneth
Chicago, Illinois 60641-2008
File Information: M.R.
23108, 08 CH 85
Mr. Kosiba,
who was licensed in 1988, was suspended for
three years. A former Commissioner of the City
of Chicago Sewer Department, he took part in a
scheme to rig hiring test scores so that
politically connected candidates won city jobs
within his department.
The suspension takes
effect on October 13, 2009.
In re BYRON LEE LANDAU,
Attorney Number 3121895
316 West Fourth
Street, Suite 212
Santa Ana, California 92701-4507
File Information:
M.R. 23291, 09 RC 1510
Mr. Landau was
licensed in Illinois in 1978 and in California
in 1995. He was suspended in California for two
years, with the suspension stayed after sixty
days by three years of probation subject to
various conditions. He entered into improper
business transactions with a client by taking a
series of loans from the client. The Illinois
Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and
suspended him for two years in Illinois, stayed
after sixty days by a term of probation subject
to the conditions imposed in California. The
suspension takes effect on October 13, 2009.
In re BRIAN F. LANSU,
Attorney Number 6270139
1770 North
Park Street, Suite 202
Naperville, Illinois 60563-1245
File Information:
M.R. 23177, 08 CH 62
Mr. Lansu, who
was licensed in 1999, was suspended for five
months. He
submitted false expense records to his law firm
and received reimbursement of $5,574.99 for
travel-related expenses he did not incur.
The suspension takes
effect on October 13, 2009.
In re SCOTT A. LATHROP,
Attorney Number 1587315
208 South
LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604-1000
File Information:
M.R. 23280, 09 RC 1511
Mr. Lathrop was
licensed in Illinois in 1973 and in
Massachusetts in 1977. He was publicly
reprimanded in Massachusetts after accepting a
loan from a client in order to build a horse
farm at his home. The Illinois Supreme Court
imposed reciprocal discipline and reprimanded
him.
In re EMMETT JAMES MARSHALL,
Attorney Number 6191604
4852 South
Ashland Avenue, 2nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60609-4233
File Information: M.R.
23146, 05 CH 97
Mr. Marshall,
who was licensed in 1985, was suspended for
ninety days and until he successfully completes
a law office management course, attends a
professionalism seminar, and makes certain
restitution. He neglected one client’s matter
and failed to promptly refund an unearned fee to
another client. The suspension takes effect on
October 13, 2009.
In re JOSEPH MATHEWS,
Attorney Number 6278792
221 North
LaSalle Street, Suite 2006
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1412
File Information: M.R.
23254, 08 CH 93
Mr. Mathews,
who was licensed in 2002, was disbarred. He
misappropriated $28,000 in client funds, issued
checks from his law office operating account
when he knew there were insufficient funds in
the account to honor those checks, continued to
practice law after his name was removed from the
Master Roll of Attorneys, failed to cooperate
with the ARDC investigation, and failed to
appear at the disciplinary hearing.
In re MARK ROBERT McGOVERN,
Attorney Number 6276279
10 South
Wacker Drive, Suite 4000
Chicago, Illinois 60606-7506
File Information: M.R.
23277, 07 CH 52
Mr. McGovern,
who was licensed in 2002, was suspended for five
years and until further order of the Court, with
the last two years of the suspension stayed by a
period of probation subject to conditions.
He was convicted in federal court of assaulting
an airline flight attendant and of violating the
conditions of his supervised release. He was
suspended on an interim basis on July 27, 2007.
In re DAVID ARNOLD MILKS,
Attorney Number 1908464
Post Office
Box 2236
Darien, Illinois 60561-7236
File Information: M.R.
23085, 05 CH 44
Mr. Milks, who
was licensed in Illinois in 1977, was suspended
for three years and until he makes restitution
to two clients. He converted client funds by
keeping one-third of payments received from his
client’s own insurer when his contingent fee
agreement specifically provided that he would
not take attorney’s fees from such payments.
He also failed to inform a client that he could
no longer represent her due to his suspension
from the practice of law for unrelated
misconduct. The
suspension takes effect on October 13, 2009.
In re PATRICK JOSEPH MITCHELL,
Attorney Number 6201639
One North
LaSalle Street, Suite 2248
Chicago, Illinois
60602-3908
File Information: M.R.
23236, 08 CH 72
Mr. Mitchell,
who was licensed in 1989, was suspended for
eighteen months and until further order of the
Court. He pled guilty to unlawful
possession of a controlled substance in Pike
County and later pled guilty to violating the
terms of his supervision after he submitted to a
random urine screen that tested positive for
cocaine.
In re ANGELO JOHN NICOLOSI,
Attorney Number 3123525
221 North Main
Street
Rockford, Illinois 61101-1010
File Information: M.R.
23308, 09 CH 9
Mr. Nicolosi,
who was licensed in 1979, was suspended for two
years and until further order of the Court, with
the suspension stayed in its entirety by a
two-year period of probation with conditions.
Over the course of a ten-year period, he was
convicted three different times of driving under
the influence of alcohol.
In re KIMBERLY A. NORTON,
Attorney Number 6206130
161 South
Cherry Street, Suite 101
Galesburg, Illinois 61401-4519
File Information:
M.R 23278, 07 SH 37
Ms. Norton, who
was licensed in 1991, was suspended for ninety
days. She took a sworn statement of her criminal
client’s co-defendant without the prior notice
and consent of the co-defendant’s lawyer. She
also failed to turn over to her client’s new
lawyer a transcript of the sworn statement, in
which the co-defendant exonerated her client
from participation in a crime. The suspension
takes effect on October 13, 2009.
In re STEVEN PETER PANOS,
Attorney Number 6220192
One Ives
Street, Suite 302
Danbury, Connecticut 06810-6684
File Information:
M.R. 23303, 09 RC 1512
Mr. Panos was
licensed in Connecticut in 1993 and in Illinois
in 1994. Connecticut accepted his resignation
from the bar while disciplinary proceedings were
pending against him there. He was charged with
failing to promptly deliver funds to a client.
The Illinois Supreme Court imposed reciprocal
discipline and suspended him until such time as
he is readmitted in Connecticut.
In re WILLIAM FRANCIS PRENDERGAST,
Attorney Number 6203730
455 North
Cityfront Plaza Drive, Suite 3600
Chicago, Illinois 60611-5503
File Information: M.R.
23191, 09 DC 1005
Mr. Prendergast, who was licensed in 1990,
was disbarred on consent. He failed to prosecute
at least twenty-four different patent
applications for clients, then fabricated
documents and made false statements to conceal
his inaction from those clients, other
attorneys, and the federal patent office.
In re DENNIS CHARLES SEGOVIA,
Attorney Number 6205355
612 Arthur
Drive
Lombard, Illinois 60148-3609
File Information: M.R.
23256, 06 CH 86
Mr. Segovia,
who was licensed in 1990, was suspended for two
years and until further order of the Court. He
forged two prescriptions in an attempt to obtain
Ritalin. He was disbarred for unrelated
misconduct on May 18, 2009.
In re CRAIG THOMAS SIMMONS,
Attorney Number 6226105
535 North
Michigan Avenue, Suite 3003
Chicago, Illinois 60611-3865
File Information: M.R.
23106, 08 CH 45
Mr. Simmons,
who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for six
months and until further order of the Court.
He neglected a client's breach of contract
matter, causing a default judgment to be entered
against his client. He did not participate in
the disciplinary proceedings.
In re CRAIG JOEL SIMON,
Attorney Number 6186111
2141 East
Broadway, Suite 220
Tempe, Arizona 85282-1931
File Information: M.R.
23322, 09 RC 1515
Mr. Simon was
licensed in Illinois in 1983 and in Arizona in
1998. He was suspended in Arizona for sixty days
followed by a one-year period of conditional
probation for engaging in a sexual relationship
with a client. The Supreme Court of Illinois
imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him
for sixty days followed by a one-year period of
probation with the same conditions imposed in
Arizona. The
suspension takes effect on October 13, 2009.
In re DANIEL SLIJEPCEVICH,
Attorney Number 6190270
724 Birchwood
Court
San Rafael, California 94903-3160
File Information: M.R.
23305, 09 RC 1513
Mr.
Slijepcevich was licensed in Illinois in 1985
and in California in 1991. He was suspended in
California for one year, with the suspension
stayed after thirty days by a two-year period of
probation subject to conditions. He settled a
client’s personal injury claim without notifying
a medical provider that had filed a lien for
treatment provided to his client. He signed the
settlement check in the name of the medical
provider and distributed all of the funds to his
client and to himself. The Illinois Supreme
Court imposed reciprocal discipline and
suspended him for one year, with the suspension
stayed after thirty days by a two-year period of
probation with the same conditions imposed in
California. The
suspension takes effect on October 13, 2009.
In re JOHN CARL STAMBULIS,
Attorney Number 2701294
Post Office Box 350099
Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707-0399
File Information: M.R. 23183, 09 DC
1004
Mr. Stambulis,
who was licensed in 1961, was disbarred on
consent. He pled
guilty to
federal tax fraud conspiracy and he was
sentenced to a two-year prison term for
his role in creating and marketing illusory
trusts.
In re DANIEL MICHALCZYK STARR,
Attorney Number 3122534
35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1870
Chicago, Illinois 60601-2202
File Information: M.R. 23127, 06 CH 78
Mr. Starr, who
was licensed in 1978, was censured. He assisted
a client in a scheme to avoid eviction, by
delaying the eviction when he appeared on behalf
of a purported tenant who never actually resided
at the property and whom Mr. Starr had never
met.
In re BURTON DOUGLAS STEPHENS Jr.,
Attorney Number 2724006
1800 Third
Avenue, Suite 610
Rock Island, Illinois 61201-8039
File Information: M.R.
23258, 08 SH 104
Mr. Stephens,
who was licensed in 1975, was suspended for
sixty days. He engaged in the unauthorized
practice of law after he was removed from the
Master Roll of Attorneys for failing to
register. He also failed to cooperate with an
ARDC investigation.
The suspension takes
effect on October 13, 2009.
In re MICHAEL R. SWAFFORD,
Attorney Number 6220895
100 South
Brentwood Boulevard, Suite 300
Clayton, Missouri 63105-1635
File Information: M.R.
23273, 09 RC 1508
Mr. Swafford
was licensed in Missouri in 1979 and in Illinois
in 1994. He was reprimanded in Missouri for
misconduct in his representation of a plaintiff
in a medical
malpractice claim. A potential defendant was Mr.
Swafford’s cousin, an emergency room physician
who treated the client on the day at issue. He
never disclosed this relationship to the client,
and a suit that he eventually filed on behalf of
his client failed to name the cousin as a
defendant. He later dismissed the lawsuit
without his client’s knowledge. The Illinois
Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline and
reprimanded him.
In re NORMAN EUGENE UNDERWOOD Jr.,
Attorney Number 6226273
3931 104th
Street
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 53158-3720
File Information: M.R.
23128, 08 CH 125
Mr. Underwood,
who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for
ninety days. He engaged in check kiting in order
to pay personal and business expenses.
The suspension takes
effect on October 13, 2009.
In re RAY LAFAYETTE WATERS,
Attorney Number 6220478
8152
Scenic Highway
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70807-4927
File Information: M.R.
23217, 08 CH 123
Mr. Waters,
who was licensed in 1994, was suspended for six
months, with the suspension stayed after thirty
days by a one-year period of probation with
conditions. He engaged in the unauthorized
practice of law after he was removed from the
Master Roll of Attorneys for failing to
register. He also engaged in a conflict of
interest in a real estate matter, neglected a
personal injury claim, and mismanaged his client
fund account. The suspension takes effect on
October 13, 2009.
In re JEFFREY CURTIS WEISHAUPT,
Attorney Number 6200106
82 East Airline
Drive
East Alton, Illinois 62024-1722
File Information: M.R.
23133, 08 SH 47
Mr. Weishaupt,
who was licensed to practice in 1989, was
censured and was ordered to attend the
Professionalism Seminar conducted by the
Illinois Professional Responsibility Institute.
He failed to file a medical malpractice lawsuit
on behalf of a client, resulting in the cause of
action being barred by the statute of
limitations. He also failed to diligently manage
a probate matter.
In re WILLIAM E. WELLS,
Attorney Number 6244915
13113 Pittsburg
Road
Marion, Illinois 62959-7253
File Information: M.R.
23172, 07 SH 111
Mr. Wells, who
was licensed in 1998, was disbarred on consent.
He agreed to negotiate debts or file bankruptcy
proceedings for twenty-three different clients
who had serious financial problems.
Subsequently, he provided little or no services
for the clients and did not refund their fees.
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of Illinois eventually
suspended him from practice in that court. In
response to the order, Mr. Wells sent letters to
his clients telling them that the suspension was
merely temporary and that they would have to pay
“probably a lot of extra money” if they obtained
different counsel.
In re LORIE KEENA WESTERFIELD,
Attorney Number 6227219
2102 East 73rd
Street
Chicago, Illinois 60649-3202
File Information: M.R.
23247,
08 CH 71
Ms.
Westerfield, who was licensed in 1995, was
disbarred on consent, retroactive to the date of
her interim suspension.
She was convicted of
federal wire fraud after she participated in a
scheme to cause individuals experiencing
financial problems to sell their homes as part
of a leaseback arrangement. She was sentenced to
a five-year term of probation and was ordered to
pay restitution of $116,147 to a defrauded bank.
She was
suspended on an interim basis on September 23,
2008.
In re ANNA MARIE WOLF,
Attorney Number 6273267
7510 North
Caldwell Avenue
Niles, Illinois 60714-3808
File Information: M.R.
23192, 07 CH 49
Ms. Wolf, who
was licensed in 2000, was reprimanded. While
employed at a non-for-profit legal service
provider, she knowingly misrepresented
information to be used in grant applications
submitted to two different grant providers.
In re PETER J. WOODS,
Attorney Number 3070115
Post Office
Box 420858
Evergreen Park, Illinois 60805-0858
File Information: M.R.
23253, 08 CH 10
Mr. Woods, who
was licensed in 1971, was censured. He aided an
individual in a trademark infringement matter in
the unauthorized practice of law.
In re LAWRENCE G. ZDARSKY,
Attorney Number 6181560
36 West 65th
Street, Unit 1
Westmont, Illinois 60559-3164
File Information: M.R.
23219, 08 CH 102
Mr. Zdarsky,
who was licensed in 1981, was censured. He
failed to
communicate with a bankruptcy client and, after
she filed a grievance against him, he initially
failed to cooperate with the ARDC.
The Following Orders were Entered by the Court
Before the September 2009 Term but Were Never
Included in any Previous ARDC Release
In re
John O. Cutright,
No. 107236, 05 SH 106 (Ill. July 9, 2009).
Mr. Cutright, of Toledo, Illinois, who was
licensed in 1967, was suspended for two years.
He failed to properly protect the interests of
an elderly client who had consulted with him
about discharging a debt. He also neglected an
estate matter and prepared tax returns for a
judge without revealing to anyone in any case
where he appeared before that judge that he had
such an attorney-client relationship with the
judge.
In re
Aimee Elizabeth Forsberg,
M.R. 23132, 07 CH 119 (Ill. July 2, 2009). Ms.
Forsberg, of Barrington, Illinois, who was
licensed in 1998, was suspended on an interim
basis and until further order of the Court.
An ARDC hearing
panel earlier found that she repeatedly
neglected client matters and failed to keep
clients informed of the status of their cases.
Further, after considering her record of
discipline, the Hearing Board recommended that
she be suspended for two years and until further
order of the Court.
In re
Gerald Laurence Gold,
M.R. 23145,
09 CH 22
(Ill. July 21, 2009). Mr. Gold, of Deerfield,
Illinois, who was licensed in 1974, was
suspended on an interim basis and until further
order of the Court. He was found guilty
of felony aggravated driving under the influence
and felony failure to report an accident
involving death.
In re Jeffery William Green,
M.R. 23154, 07 SH 109 (Ill. July 28, 2009). Mr.
Green, of Carbondale, Illinois, who was licensed
in 2003, was suspended on an interim basis and
until further order of the Court.
An ARDC hearing panel
earlier recommended that he be disbarred for
knowingly making false statements and presenting
fraudulent documents to clients, failing to act
with diligence, and not returning unearned fees.
The Hearing Board also found that he made a
false statement to the Administrator in
connection with a disciplinary hearing. The
suspension order was not effective until
September 15, 2009.
In re
Steven David Gustafson,
M.R. 23248, 07 SH 127 (Ill. Sept. 1, 2009). Mr.
Gustafson, of Naperville, Illinois, who was
licensed in 1991, was suspended on an interim
basis and until further order of the Court.
While a member of a Naperville law firm, he
allegedly misappropriated funds from the firm’s
trust account and converted over $142,000 in
client funds.
In re
Nkrumah Lumumba Hopkins,
M.R. 22557, 06 CH 77 (Ill. June 3, 2009). Mr.
Hopkins, of Chicago, Illinois, who was licensed
in 1998, was suspended for one year in 2008,
with the suspension stayed after six months by
probation for a period of eighteen months
subject to certain conditions. He mishandled
client filing fees, neglected three client
matters, and failed to refund unearned fees to
two clients. The period of his actual suspension
was continued, however, because he failed to
comply with the requirements of Supreme Court
Rule 764. The suspension was made until further
order of Court.
In re
Manos Kavvadias,
M.R. 23079, 08 CH 70 (Ill. May 18, 2009). Mr.
Kavvadias, of Wheaton, Illinois, 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 was effective on June 8,
2009, but was stayed through July 10, 2009.
In re Terence Leon White,
M.R. 21606, 04 CH 137 (Ill. August 5, 2009). Mr.
White, of Nan Chang City, Jiangxi Province, the
People’s Republic of China, who was licensed in
1986, was suspended for the remaining two-year
period of an existing suspension order and until
he pays a $750 court-ordered sanction, complies
with Supreme Court Rule 764, and until further
order of Court. He failed to comply with an
earlier order of discipline. In 2007, he was
suspended for four years, with the last two
years of the suspension stayed by probation,
subject to conditions. He was disciplined
because he falsely certified that he had sent
timely a notice of pleadings to his opponent in
a civil proceeding when, in fact, he had not.
In re
John P. Wolgamot,
M.R.
23209, 09 SH 35 (Ill. August 5, 2009). Mr.
Wolgamot, of Danville, Illinois, who was
licensed in 1974, was suspended on an interim
basis and until further order of the Court. He
entered a plea of guilty to the offense of
willfully aiding and assisting in the filing of
a false and fraudulent federal income tax return
and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of
one year and one day.
