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Jussie Smollett State’s Attorney Kim Foxx no longer authorized to practice law in Illinois
American Wire News ^ | December 17, 2024 | Frieda Powers

Posted on 12/17/2024 1:47:48 PM PST by george76

The outgoing top prosecutor in Illinois reportedly failed “compliance” and is no longer authorized to practice law.

Former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx famously handled the case of actor Jussie Smollett after he staged an attack against himself. Her term ended on December 1, but she reportedly did not complete mandatory continuing education requirements.

A search for the progressive’s name on the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission website shows that Foxx is “unauthorized to practice law as [the] attorney has not demonstrated required MCLE [Minimum Continuing Legal Education] compliance.”

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All continuing education credits that were completed had to be reported by June 30 in even-numbered years for those whose names begin with “F” and a November 1 extension is granted for those missing the deadline, according to the site.

“On December 1, all attorneys who lack an online transcript reflecting compliance with that reporting period’s requirements … are removed from the master roll of attorneys for MCLE non-compliance,” according to the MCLE website.

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Every elected state’s attorney in Illinois has to be “a licensed attorney-at-law of this State,” according to the state’s Constitution.

A former assistant state’s attorney told CWB Chicago that, evidently, Foxx didn’t bother to spend the time on the education that would keep her in compliance.

“This means she couldn’t be bothered to spend a little more than an hour a month watching videos that her own office provided,” the veteran attorney told the outlet.

Foxx announced she would not be seeking a third term and was replaced by retired judge Eileen O’Neill Burke.

“Burke was not sworn in until December 2. Foxx was certainly told by the MCLE Board and ARDC that her law license would lapse on December 1, but she still allowed [prosecutors] to file pleadings in court under her name on December 1,” the veteran lawyer contended.

Foxx, who was a vocal proponent of eliminating cash bail during her tenure, told a City Club of Chicago meeting earlier this year that she would leave office with her “head held high.”

“I leave now with my head held high, with my heart full, knowing that better days are ahead,” Foxx said at the time. “And it has been my honor and my privilege on behalf of project kids across this city.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; cookcounty; corrupticrat; criminal; demagogicparty; foxx; friedapowers; georgesoros; illinois; jussie; jussiesmollett; kim; kimfoxx; smollett; unfittopractice
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1 posted on 12/17/2024 1:47:48 PM PST by george76
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I contend that she was also NOT qualified…


2 posted on 12/17/2024 1:56:16 PM PST by ne1410s (2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.)
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I love the short skit that Dave Chapelle did about Jessie. It's on youtube...but be aware that it contains adult language.
3 posted on 12/17/2024 1:58:20 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: george76

Yup, a ghettopotamus.


4 posted on 12/17/2024 1:58:51 PM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: george76
GOOD!
5 posted on 12/17/2024 1:59:30 PM PST by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: A Navy Vet

ghettopotamus.

😂


6 posted on 12/17/2024 2:01:06 PM PST by chuckb87
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To: george76

Trying to put on the “I’m an attorney” act was pretty stressful for her; this could be a relief for her.


7 posted on 12/17/2024 2:04:12 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: george76

Isn’t this the gal whom Second City Cop calls Crimesha?


8 posted on 12/17/2024 2:16:26 PM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: george76
knowing that better days are ahead,” Foxx said at the time

Better days ARE ahead. I’m very surprised that she’s a Trump supporter.

9 posted on 12/17/2024 2:29:56 PM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: george76

You need to hold your head up high when you are in shyt up to your neck.


10 posted on 12/17/2024 2:41:41 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: george76

I doubt she ever had Minimum Legal Education in the first place.


11 posted on 12/17/2024 2:43:12 PM PST by Dave911
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To: george76

Must be interviewing for a job on the View.


12 posted on 12/17/2024 2:45:53 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Drill Baby Drill!)
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She can’t practice law anymore but with a name like Kim Foxx she can get a job as a stripper, but question is, who wants to see that?


13 posted on 12/17/2024 2:46:58 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Juicy Smoolyeah”
Yeah. I say that for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Hilarious.

“He lyin’”


14 posted on 12/17/2024 2:51:04 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: george76

” mandatory continuing education requirements”

Ain’t nobody got time for that.

besides. She will retire on speaking fees, book deals, “contributor” slots on MSNBC, and teaching at some black college.


15 posted on 12/17/2024 2:54:06 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: RandallFlagg

My favorite line: “it sounds like something *I* would say”


16 posted on 12/17/2024 3:14:39 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: george76

She was never qualified.


17 posted on 12/17/2024 4:01:51 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: george76

This is the lady who considers Kamala Harris her Rabbi. (or Chinaman if you are from Chicago)


18 posted on 12/17/2024 4:35:12 PM PST by stylin19a ("If You Can Read This, Thank a Teacher. If You Can Read It In English, Thank a Veteran" )
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It’s a start. She still needs to be charged with something!


19 posted on 12/17/2024 6:05:14 PM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: george76

She didnt even have to go to class...

Just watch a short video once a month...


20 posted on 12/17/2024 6:18:55 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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