In Re Di Bella

The Committee on Grievances of the Chicago Bar Association and the Association’s Board of Managers, sitting as commissioners of this court, have recommended that the respondent, William T. Di Bella, who was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1956, be suspended from the practice of law for a period of three years.

Evidence presented at the disciplinary proceeding showed that the respondent, without the knowledge of his client, ostensibly entered into a settlement of her claims with an insurance company and wrongfully appropriated the proceeds of the settlement.

In July, 1966, Mary B. McGinnis…