Court Opinion

ID: 9712519
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:55:21.595514+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:12.685325
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SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON DENIAL OF REHEARING JUSTICE LINDBERG delivered the opinion of the court: Supplemental Opinion filed pursuant to appellant’s “Motion for Ruling on Validity of Judgment Order Entered December 17, 1985 Pertaining to Attorneys [sic] Fees.”  Our judgment of June 10, 1987, reversed and remanded all issues raised on appeal, including the award of attorney fees. The effect of reversal is to abrogate the trial court’s judgment and leave the case as it stood prior to the judgment of the trial court. (People ex rel. Krych v. Birnbaum (1981), 101 Ill. App. 3d 785, 791, 428 N.E.2d 974.) Nonetheless, we clarify our judgment by specifically vacating the trial court’s award of attorney fees.  Appellant requested a ruling by this court on the conduct of counterplaintiff’s attorney, Dennis E. Shanahan, Jr., in the trial court. The appropriate forum for consideration of alleged improprieties of attorneys is the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the supreme court. The supreme court has the exclusive authority to regulate the practice of law; it has the power to impose sanctions for unprofessional conduct so as to protect the public interest and guard the legal profession against reproach. (Britt v. Federal Land Bank Association (1987), 153 Ill. App. 3d 605, 615, 505 N.E.2d 387.) The request is denied. NASH and INGLIS, JJ., concur.