In Re Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• pursuant to Rule 1.4(a) of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct, attorneys have an ethical obligation to keep clients informed and apprised of the status of their cases
• lawyer was not disciplined for accepting advanced retainer or for commingling funds but for not promptly returning the unearned portion of retainer
• lawyer disciplined for failing to promptly return unearned portion of prepaid legal fee

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• DeLuna v. Burciaga
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-10-05· cited 453×
• Susan Ball v. Cherie Kotter
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-07-23· cited 121×
• In Re Marriage of Eberhardt
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-12-12· cited 37×
• In Re Howard
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-12-02· cited 17×
• In Re Timpone
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-01-23· cited 17×
• In Re Production Associates, Ltd.
  N.D. Illinois· 2001-07-11· cited 16×
• Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court v. Hoffman
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2013-07-23· cited 15×
• Callis, Papa, Jensen, Jackstadt & Halloran, PC v. Norfolk Southern Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-10-29· cited 15×
• In Re Eckberg
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-07-06· cited 11×
• In re Husain
  N.D. Illinois· 2015-07-09· cited 9×
• Disciplinary Board v. Hoffman
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2013-07-23· cited 7×
• In re Edmonds
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2014-12-29· cited 6×
• In re Maldonado
  N.D. Illinois· 2012-11-13· cited 6×
• In Re Twohey
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-03-23· cited 5×
• In Re Ingersoll
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-03-18· cited 4×
• In Re Daugherty
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-03-28· cited 4×
• Callis, Papa, Jensen, Jackstadt & Halloran, P.C. v. Norfolk Southern Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-10-29

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Ruffalo
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-27· cited 994×
• Rhoades v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-10-19· cited 127×
• In Re Hopper
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-06-26· cited 79×
• In Re Taylor
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-05-20· cited 57×
• In Re Andros
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-10-01· cited 57×
• In Re Doyle
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 48×
• In Re Zisook
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-12-04· cited 31×
• In Re Timpone
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-09-23· cited 28×
• In Re Levin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-04-04· cited 26×
• In Re Beatty
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1987-12-21· cited 25×
• In Re Ushijima
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1987-11-23· cited 24×
• In Re March
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 23×
• In Re Fox
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-04-25· cited 22×
• People ex rel. Healy v. Case
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1909-10-26· cited 20×
• In Re Blank
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-11-27· cited 19×
• People v. Buckley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-12-29· cited 16×
• In Re Samuels
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-02-02· cited 16×
• Robert Burton and Curtis B. Clark, Co-Partners, D/B/A Insco v. Hitachi America, Ltd., a New York Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1974-10-18· cited 11×
• Simon v. Auler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-05-21· cited 10×
• In Re Betts
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-03· cited 9×