Legal Opinion
David Johnson v. Supreme Court of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1999No. 98-2587PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 (aedo) during its investigation. Johnson contends in this suit that the Supreme Court and other state agencies should pay him millions of dollars for interfering with his practice of law. That contention is doomed…
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