In Re Grant

In attorney disciplinary cases, this court has consistently reiterated the statement made in In re Andros (1976), 64 Ill. 2d 419, 425-26: “While a degree of uniformity in the application of attorney discipline is desirable, each case must still be determined on its own merits.” Although this court has held that the doctrine of stare decisis cannot be applied to the specific discipline meted out in any particular case (In re Nesselson (1966), 35 Ill. 2d 454, 461), I fear that, too often, principles of uniformity are unduly minimized. Certainly the circumstances of each case should be taken…