IN RE FUMO

No. 36268.

22 Ill.2d 429 (1961)

176 N.E.2d 779

In re MICHAEL JAMES FUMO, Attorney, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.R. CHRISTIANSON, of Chicago, amicus curiae.

EDMUND J. BURKE, of Chicago, for respondent.


Respondent suspended.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a disciplinary proceeding against the respondent, Michael James Fumo, an attorney, under our Rule 59. The findings of the committee on grievances of the Chicago Bar Association, as commissioners of this court, were that respondent commingled $6000 of a client's funds with his own and converted such funds to his own use. The committee...

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