Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Sperry

Plaintiff, Ford Motor Credit Company, appeals from an order declaring void the court’s prior award of attorney fees to plaintiff. The court voided the fees award because the law firm representing plaintiff, Schulz and Associates, PC. (the firm), had not registered with the Illinois Supreme Court, as required by Supreme Court Rule 721(c) (166 Ill. 2d R. 721(c)), and, therefore, was prohibited from practicing law when the firm obtained the fees award against defendant, Thomas B. Sperry, d/b/a Thomas B. Sperry, Inc. We affirm.

In 1993, defendant leased an automobile from third-party defendant,…