Attorney Jill Gilbert of Chicago; thieving slacker

The state of Illinois presented Jill Star Gilbert with a law license in 1984 after she graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology School of Law.

The Disciplinary Commission found Jill guilty of the following misconduct.

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty or misrepresentation
• Failed to maintain an accounting and severance of property held by the lawyer when both the lawyer and a third person claim an interest in the property
• Commingled client funds with personal funds
• Charged and/or collected an unreasonable fee (cheater)
• Failed to explain matter to extent necessary to permit client to make informed decisions regarding the representation
• Failed to keep client informed of status of legal matter
• Undertook to manage elderly client’s financial affairs who was suffering from heart disease and chronic depression and engaged in fraud and misrepresentation in order to financially benefit herself
• Rendered fraudulent billings to elderly client
• Misrepresented [lied] about facts regarding purchase of a $3,000 big-screen television for herself with client’s funds
• Engaged in dishonesty when she offered a videotape purporting to show client’s execution of a legal document when the document had already been signed
• Failed to keep client informed about status of his financial affairs
• Failed to  hold disputed fees in trust until resolution of the dispute
• Ordered to pay client $84,000 in restitution

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Illinois Supreme Court punished Jill by gifting her with a complimentary 2-year suspension of her law license.

As we speak (September 2018), Jill practices with Absolute Technology Law Group at 180 North Lasalle in Chicago, Illinois.