IN RE JORDAN

No. 74929.

623 N.E.2d 1372 (1993)

157 Ill.2d 266

191 Ill.Dec. 486

In re David R. JORDAN, Attorney, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Verrando, Chicago, for Atty. Registration & Disciplinary Com'n.

Warren Lupel, Katz, Randall & Weinberg, Chicago, for respondent.

Peter H. Lousberg, Dennis A. Rendleman and Mary T. McDermott, Springfield, for Amicus Curiae Illinois State Bar Assn.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Supreme Court Rule 772 permits an attorney to be placed on probationary status when the lawyer has committed an act of professional misconduct occasioned by a disability such as substance abuse or mental illness. (134 Ill.2d R. 772.) In the present case, we are asked to decide whether the respondent, an attorney who suffers from no proven disability, should nevertheless receive probation for conduct that violated...

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