Posted on 12/17/2024 4:34:58 PM PST by PBRCat
CHICAGO — Cook County’s former top prosecutor has lost her license to practice law.
The Illinois Attorney Registration and disciplinary commission says Kim Foxx’s law license was suspended on December 1 because she failed to complete her continuing legal education requirements.
That’s the same day Eileen O’Neill Burke took over at the Cook County state’s attorney.
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Foxx has not been disciplined for engaging in ex parte discussions that resulted in Jussie Smollett receiving a sweetheart plea deal, but she was zinged for not complying with CLE reporting. Illinois!
I guess it’s a black thing...
Like getting Al Capone on tax evasion...
CLE is a bright line rule. Probably enforced by software.
It’s a ‘clerical error’ and she is the clerk who made the error. Take responsibility, lady.
I’ve had a CPE requirement for every year in public accounting. It’s not difficult at all to keep up with it. I just finished up an 18 hour bloc to maintain my status with the IRS, in their Annual Filing Season Program.
It’s surprisingly common to not meet your CLE requirements. I’ve never had that problem since I do double the requirements every year for each jurisdiction. I also zero out my credit cards bills every month. I know, I’m weird.
LOL !
“”I guess it’s a black thing...””
Seems to be a black and IL thing - ask the obamas.....
Rules are for the little people.
NY requires 24 hours of CLE every two years. I wait until the last month before the deadline and then immerse myself. The courses are pretty much BS, and include DEI and bias brainwashing. I go through the motions because I have to.
It’s just like the fake Indian, Elizabeth Warren. She was a professor at Harvard Law School and never did her continuing education and didn’t have a license. This was before she ran for congress.
I don’t think she has a license now. She was reported to the MA Bar Association and they said (something like) she’s really not practicing law, she’s just consulting with corporations.
More likely her law license itself was a clerical error.
(Kim Foxx)
Sometimes ... aptronym for appearance
Or ... Not ...
If you have the academic degree, you can teach law without being licensed to practice law.
Absolutely true. In order to complete the required CLE hours, many lawyers sit through classes that are not remotely interesting or relevant to their practices.
I have several certifications that require continuing professional education.
The same tax preparer requirements that you speak of, plus CPA, CMA, CIA and several others.
Within each one they require a variety of specialization credits, auditing, ethics, tax, ....
In addition, for example, it is 80 hrs every two years and no more than 50% self study.
Then, you must file the report and pay the renewal fee.
Years ago I forgot to file the report and pay the renewal fee, even though I had double the hours of CPE required. My license expired for a short period. No different than allowing your driver’s license or vehicle registration to expire.
With the multi years licensing it is even easier to forget.
Years ago I was testifying in court on a multi million dollar case and the defendant insurance company’s attorney ask if I took CPE courses the way their expert witness testified he did. He spun in his tracks when I replied, “Not exactly”, and he asked for an explanation.
I replied, “I get most of my credits by teaching the courses like your witness gets credit for attending rather than just attending them.”
My client won the case.
Do you know how many notices an attorney receives regarding the need to complete their CLE credits? A lot. Quite a lot. And State Bar associations gives attorneys multiple chances to remedy the failure before suspending licenses due to a lack of CLE credits. Attorneys no longer have to take a day or more to travel to a conference in person. Credits can be received by watching online videos and completing a form attesting their doing so.
This wasn’t a “clerical error”. This was a willful failure to adhere to the requirements by someone who thought the rules did not apply to her.
DEI hire
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