According to the complaint, the lawyer failed to register but continued to do legal work:
“3. On November 1, 2012, the Administrator mailed a 2013 registration form to Respondent at the last business address listed by Respondent on her Illinois attorney registration. Respondent received the registration form shortly thereafter.
4. As of January 28, 2013, Respondent had not register for 2013, and, on that date, the Administrator mailed Respondent a final registration notice, cautioning her that her name would be removed from the roll if she did not register for 2013.
5. As of February 1, 2013, Respondent had not registered with the Commission or paid the annual fee due, and, on March 29, 2013, the Administrator removed Respondent’s name from the roll of attorneys authorized to practice law in Illinois.
6. On April 2, 2013, the Administrator sent Respondent a notice that her name had been removed from roll of licensed attorneys in the State of Illinois as a result of her failure to register and pay her 2013 registration fee. Respondent received the Administrator’s notice of removal shortly thereafter.
7. At no time between March 29, 2013 and July 24, 2017, the date that this complaint was voted by Inquiry Panel D of the Commission, had Respondent register to practice law in Illinois.
8. Between March 29, 2013, and July 24, 2017, Respondent was not authorized to practice law in Illinois or to hold herself out as so authorized.
9. In or about 1999, Respondent began working for the City of Berwyn as the Director of Administrative Hearings. As of July 24, 2017, the date that this complaint was voted by Inquiry Panel D of the Commission, Respondent was employed as Director of Administrative Hearings for the City of Berwyn.
10. As part of her duties as Administrator of Administrative Hearings for the City of Berwyn, Respondent performed legal work representing the city in municipal ordinance violation cases. Such proceedings were held in connection with citations that had been issued by the City of Berwyn Police Department for offenses such as disorderly conduct, municipal animal code violations, and juvenile offenses like curfew violations.
11. Between March 29, 2013, and July 24, 2017, while her name was removed from the roll of attorneys authorized to practice law in Illinois, Respondent held herself out as an attorney and represented the City of Berwyn in one to two contested matters per week (approximately 75 matters in total).
12. At no time did Respondent notify the City of Berwyn, the counsel for any defendants in municipal citation cases, or the hearing officers presiding over the administrative hearings referenced in paragraph 11, above, that she was not authorized to practice law in Illinois.
13. By reason of the conduct described above, Respondent has engaged in the following misconduct:
Edward X. Clinton, Jr.
Legal Ethics Lawyer 