IN RE SCOTT

No. 57795.

98 Ill.2d 9 (1983)

455 N.E.2d 81

In re WILLIAM JOHN SCOTT, Attorney, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah M. Kennedy and Jerome Larkin, of Chicago, for the Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.

Leonard M. Ring and Associates, of Chicago (Leonard M. Ring and Judith E. Fors, of counsel), for respondent.


Respondent suspended.

CHIEF JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 29, 1980, the respondent, William John Scott, was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois of filing a false Federal income tax return for the year 1972, in violation of 26 U.S.C. section 7206(1) (1976). On August 6, 1980, the Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission filed a petition in this court pursuant...

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