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JOHNSON v. SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS

No. 98-2587.

165 F.3d 1140 (1999)

David JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Johnson (argued), Chicago, IL, pro se.

Darryl B. Simko (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, Juleanne Hornyak.

Steven R. Splitt, Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, Chicago, IL, for Mary Robinson, Robert Verrando, Alison E. O'Hara.

Before ESCHBACH, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

David Johnson was disbarred by the Supreme Court of Illinois in March 1998—in part because he began to practice law before his admission to the bar, in part because he retained a 25% contingent fee in a case in which he had agreed to accept 10% of the client's recovery, and in part because he lied to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) during its investigation. Johnson contends in this suit that the Supreme...

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