67 Ill. 2d 48 - In Re Walker’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “We need not consider whether the offense defined in section 7206(1) of title 26 of the United States Code is a crime involving moral turpitude. The Hearing Board found that the respondent’s conviction of that offense tended to bring the legal profession into disrepute and warrants discipline. This finding was concurred in by the Review Board. Although a mere conviction may not necessarily establish moral turpitude, it does establish misconduct constituting grounds for discipline in the absence of mitigating circumstances. (In re O’Hallaren, 64 Ill.2d 426 , 1 Ill.Dec. 332 , 356 N.E.2d 520 .) As we stated in In re Andros, 64 Ill.2d 419, 426 , 1 Ill.Dec. 325, 327 , 356 N.E.2d 513 , 515: “An attorney, above all others, is aware of the responsibility to observe the requirements of the law.” We have reviewed the record and conclude that the finding that the respondent’s conviction tended to bring the legal profession into disrepute is supported by clear and convincing evidence and justifies disciplinary action. Indeed the respondent’s brief does not seriously contend otherwise. The issue before us, then, is what quantum of discipline is merited by respondent’s conviction. In making that determination, we may look beyond the plea and the conviction, not to consider whether discipline is warranted, but to consider the nature of the discipline justified by the conduct of respondent. In re Andros, 64 Ill.2d 419 , 1 Ill.Dec. 325 , 356 N.E.2d 513 ; In re Crane, 23 Ill.2d 398 , 178 N.E.2d”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Bar of Nevada v. Claiborne

2. “Respondent entered the practice of law in 1935. In 1938 he was elected to the first of his three terms as county judge. After service in the armed forces during World War II he served one term in the Illinois legislature. Following that he was a hearing officer with the Illinois Commerce Commission for eight years. He was elected to the office of State’s Attorney of Jefferson County in 1966, and served in that capacity until 1972. During his tenure as State’s Attorney he also engaged in the private practice of law. It was in 1969, when respondent was endeavoring to simultaneously fulfill the duties of State’s Attorney and maintain a private practice, that the events which ultimately led to the instant action occurred. The indictment which forms the basis for the present disciplinary action charged that for the year 1969 respondent had taxable income of $22,602.68 but reported only $13,055. Although respondent was prosecuted by the Federal authorities, his plea accepted by the district court, and a $5,000 fine imposed, the record reflects that attorneys for the office of the regional counsel of the Internal Revenue Service stated in a report after investigating the respondent “that it was felt that these unreported receipts that were reflected on the return lacked a criminal intent.” It is clear that respondent’s failure to report all his taxable income was the result of a bookkeeping system so shoddy that it has been variously characterized before this court as incomprehensib”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Bar of Nevada v. Claiborne

3. “This record indicates that this member of our bar, who has given so much to public service, now in his seventieth year, has until this unhappy event enjoyed an excellent reputation — something which cannot be bought or sold in any market place, but is acquired only by cultivation in all phases of human conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Bar of Nevada v. Claiborne