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SUDZUS v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.

No. 1-08-2255.

914 N.E.2d 208 (2009)

Michael SUDZUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, an Administrative Agency of the State of Illinois, The Board of Review, an Administrative Agency of the State of Illinois, Director of Employment Security, and Butterfield Electric, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Rachel Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Lonny Ben Ogus, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we confront the question of whether a nonattorney's representation of an employer at an unemployment benefits hearing constitutes the unauthorized practice of law. Plaintiff, Michael A. Sudzus, appeals from the circuit court's judgment affirming the decision of the Board of Review of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, which denied Sudzus' claim for unemployment compensation benefits. On...

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