Illinois Sanctions Lawyers

Mr. Patel, who was licensed in 2012, was disbarred on consent. He was convicted in a California federal court of securities fraud and manipulative securities trading.

 

Mr. McCaughan was licensed in Florida in 2007 and in Illinois in 2015. The Supreme Court of Florida revoked his admission to the Florida bar with leave to seek readmission after five years after he was charged in federal court with receiving and attempting to receive child pornography. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred him.

 

Mr. Miles, who was licensed in 1988, was suspended for one year and until further order of the Court and until he makes restitution. He misappropriated $11,323 in interest income from a trust for which he had been acting as trustee. He did not appear for his disciplinary hearing. A suspension until further order of the Court is an indefinite suspension which requires the suspended lawyer to petition for reinstatement after the fixed period of suspension ends. Reinstatement is not automatic and must be allowed by the Supreme Court of Illinois following a hearing before the ARDC Hearing Board.

 

Mr. Spadoni, who was licensed to practice law in 1989, was disbarred on consent. He defrauded a hospital of more than $622,000 and, as a result of that conduct, was criminally charged and found guilty of the offense of wire fraud.

 

Mr. Jacobson, who was licensed in 2010, was suspended for one year. He made false statements regarding his legal experience in an application for a judicial appointment and, later, in an interview for a position as a trial attorney in a state’s attorney’s office. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2024.

 

Mr. Jacobson, who was licensed in 2010, was suspended for one year. He made false statements regarding his legal experience in an application for a judicial appointment and, later, in an interview for a position as a trial attorney in a state’s attorney’s office. The suspension is effective on October 11, 2024.

 

Mr. Thompson, who was licensed in 1999, was suspended for three years, retroactive to the date of his March 18, 2022 interim suspension. Mr. Thompson, who was convicted in federal court of five counts of income tax fraud and two counts of making false statements to agents of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

 

Ms. Arvanitakis was licensed in New York in 2003, and in Illinois in 2007. In December 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, disbarred her based on her federal conviction for felony wire fraud. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and disbarred her.

 

Mr. Kaminski, who was licensed in 1997, was censured after he struck his wife, causing her injury. As a result of that conduct, he was criminally charged and found guilty of the offense of domestic battery.

 

Ms. Caputa, who was licensed in 2007, was disbarred on consent. Between 2015 and 2019, she misappropriated at least $252,420 that she had been holding for several clients in connection with her representation of those clients in dissolution of marriage matters.

 

Mr. Borochov, who was licensed in 2021, was censured. He failed to update his 2020 application for admission to the Illinois bar with information regarding his March 2021 arrest for violating a provision of the Texas Penal Code based on an incident with his dog.

 

From the charges

 

On February 10, 2021, near his residence, Respondent held up, berated and repeatedly hit his female Rottweiler mix dog, Luna, about her head, then threw her into a fence and kicked her.

 

(Mike Frisch)