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OK, how about:

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/Obama-Law-License.htm

or even the birthers favorite....

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=105998

I'm very well aware of those sources. Rule 770 is exactly what I was talking about when I commented upon the vague usage of plausible deniability. Whenever the lawyer is being sanctioned due to a complaint to the ARDC, there is in some cases a certain amount of discretion exercised when selecting the type of discipline to be exacted upon the attorney. In some cases, the attorney to be disciplined is offered an opportunity to volunteer to volunteer for inactive status under Rule 770. The disciplined attorney gets an opportunity to escape more severe discipline and avoid public disclosure, and the lack of public disclosure avoids further discredit to the Illinois legal profession while also expediting an uncontested conclusion to the disciplinary proceedings.

Since there is little means by which the public can be informed about the confidential provisions of these proceedings, there is little means to differentiate between a voluntary inactive status due to disciplinary proceedings versus voluntary inactive status due to nondisciplinary proceedings. For an attorney subjected to disciplinary proceedings, the offer of a voluntary inactive status under Rule 770 provided plausible deniability on future professional resumes, except among people familiar with the ins and outs of these types of proceedings.

ARDC Individual Attorney Record of Public Registration and Public Disciplinary and Disability Information as of May 20, 2011 at 9:00:00 AM: Full Licensed Name: Michelle Obama Full Former name(s): Michelle Lavaughn Robinson Date of Admission as Lawyer by Illinois Supreme Court: May 12, 1989 Registered Business Address: Not available online Registered Business Phone: Not available online Illinois Registration Status: Voluntarily inactive and not authorized to practice law Malpractice Insurance: (Current as of date of registration; consult attorney for further information) No malpractice report required as attorney is on court ordered inactive status. ARDC Individual Attorney Record of Public Registration and Public Disciplinary and Disability Information as of May 20, 2011 at 9:00:00 AM:

Full Licensed Name: Donald Wayne Garlinger
Full Former name(s): None
Date of Admission as Lawyer
by Illinois Supreme Court: November 15, 1962
Registered Business Address: Not available online

Registered Business Phone: Not available online
Illinois Registration Status: Voluntarily retired and not authorized to practice law
Malpractice Insurance:
(Current as of date of registration;
consult attorney for further information) No malpractice report required as attorney is retired.

ARDC Lawyer Search Results from the ARDC database last updated as of May 20, 2011 at 9:00:00 AM: for the following terms: Last Name: Demasi, First Name: Anthony, status: All, Country: all Name Date Admitted City State Authorized to Practice?
Anthony A. Demasi June 12, 2001 Chicago IL No

Pedophile Lawyer Suspended for 3 Years. Wed, Dec 31, 2008
http://www.jdjournal.com/2008/12/31/pedophile-lawyer-suspended-for-3-years/

http://www.marketwatch.com/Community/groups/us-politics/topics/michelle-obama-disbarred-il-supreme

Disbarred Illinois plaintiff's attorney subject of child sexual assault complaint
5/19/2006 10:35 AM By Ann Knef
http://www.wvrecord.com/news/179243-disbarred-illinois-plaintiffs-attorney-subject-of-child-sexual-assault-complaint

ARDC Policies and Procedures
Attorney Discipline
If an attorney is found to have violated the Illinois Rules of Professional responsibility, discipline will be imposed. The types of discipline are set forth in Ill. S. Ct. Rule 770 and include: reprimand by the court, the Review Board or a hearing panel, censure, probation, suspension for a specified time, suspension until further order of the court, disbarment on consent or disbarment.
http://www.apexcle.com/pages/ARDCPolicies

I'm very well aware of those sources. Rule 770 is exactly what I was talking about when I commented upon the vague usage of plausible deniability. Whenever the lawyer is being sanctioned due to a complaint to the ARDC, there is in some cases a certain amount of discretion exercised when selecting the type of discipline to be exacted upon the attorney. In some cases, the attorney to be disciplined is offered an opportunity to volunteer to volunteer for inactive status under Rule 770. The disciplined attorney gets an opportunity to escape more severe discipline and avoid public disclosure, and the lack of public disclosure avoids further discredit to the Illinois legal profession while also expediting an uncontested conclusion to the disciplinary proceedings.

Since there is little means by which the public can be informed about the confidential provisions of these proceedings, there is little means to differentiate between a voluntary inactive status due to disciplinary proceedings versus voluntary inactive status due to nondisciplinary proceedings. For an attorney subjected to disciplinary proceedings, the offer of a voluntary inactive status under Rule 770 provided plausible deniability on future professional resumes, except among people familiar with the ins and outs of these types of proceedings.

ARDC Individual Attorney Record of Public Registration and Public Disciplinary and Disability Information as of May 20, 2011 at 9:00:00 AM: Full Licensed Name: Michelle Obama Full Former name(s): Michelle Lavaughn Robinson Date of Admission as Lawyer by Illinois Supreme Court: May 12, 1989 Registered Business Address: Not available online Registered Business Phone: Not available online Illinois Registration Status: Voluntarily inactive and not authorized to practice law Malpractice Insurance: (Current as of date of registration; consult attorney for further information) No malpractice report required as attorney is on court ordered inactive status. ARDC Individual Attorney Record of Public Registration and Public Disciplinary and Disability Information as of May 20, 2011 at 9:00:00 AM:

Full Licensed Name: Donald Wayne Garlinger
Full Former name(s): None
Date of Admission as Lawyer
by Illinois Supreme Court: November 15, 1962
Registered Business Address: Not available online

Registered Business Phone: Not available online
Illinois Registration Status: Voluntarily retired and not authorized to practice law
Malpractice Insurance:
(Current as of date of registration;
consult attorney for further information) No malpractice report required as attorney is retired.

ARDC Lawyer Search Results from the ARDC database last updated as of May 20, 2011 at 9:00:00 AM: for the following terms: Last Name: Demasi, First Name: Anthony, status: All, Country: all Name Date Admitted City State Authorized to Practice?
Anthony A. Demasi June 12, 2001 Chicago IL No

Pedophile Lawyer Suspended for 3 Years. Wed, Dec 31, 2008
http://www.jdjournal.com/2008/12/31/pedophile-lawyer-suspended-for-3-years/

http://www.marketwatch.com/Community/groups/us-politics/topics/michelle-obama-disbarred-il-supreme

Disbarred Illinois plaintiff's attorney subject of child sexual assault complaint
5/19/2006 10:35 AM By Ann Knef
http://www.wvrecord.com/news/179243-disbarred-illinois-plaintiffs-attorney-subject-of-child-sexual-assault-complaint

ARDC Policies and Procedures
Attorney Discipline
If an attorney is found to have violated the Illinois Rules of Professional responsibility, discipline will be imposed. The types of discipline are set forth in Ill. S. Ct. Rule 770 and include: reprimand by the court, the Review Board or a hearing panel, censure, probation, suspension for a specified time, suspension until further order of the court, disbarment on consent or disbarment.
http://www.apexcle.com/pages/ARDCPolicies