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Center for Professional Responsibility



Directory of Lawyer Disciplinary Agencies


USA

ALABAMA

J. Anthony McLain
General Counsel
Alabama State Bar
Center for Professional Responsibility
415 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
334/269-1515
FAX: 334/261-6311
Website www.alabar.org

ALASKA

Stephen J. Van Goor
Bar Counsel
Alaska Bar Association
Post Office Box 100279
Anchorage, AK 99510-0279
907/272-7469
FAX: 907/272-2932
Website www.alaskabar.org

ARIZONA

Robert B. Van Wyck
Chief Bar Counsel
State Bar of Arizona
4201 North 24th Street, Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85016-6288
602/252-4804
FAX: 602/271-4930
Website www.azbar.org

ARKANSAS

Stark Ligon
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
625 Marshall, Room 110
Little Rock, AR 72201-1054
800/506-6631
501/376-0313
FAX: 501/376-3438
Website http://courts.arkansas.gov/professional-conduct

CALIFORNIA

Scott J. Drexel
Chief Trial Counsel
State Bar of California
1149 South Hill Street, 10th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015-2299
213/765-1468
FAX: 213/765-1029
Website www.calbar.ca.gov

State Bar of California
180 Howard Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
415/538-2063
FAX: 415/538-2214

COLORADO

John S. Gleason
Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel
1560 Broadway, Suite 1800
Denver, CO 80202
303/866-6577
FAX: 303/893-5302
Website www.coloradosupremecourt.com

CONNECTICUT

Mark A. Dubois
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Statewide Grievance Committee
100 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860/706-5055
FAX: 860/706-5063
Website www.jud.ct.gov

DELAWARE

Andrea L. Rocanelli
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Delaware Office of Disciplinary Counsel
820 North French Street, 11th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
302/577-7042
FAX: 302/577-7048
Website http://courts.delaware.gov/odc

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Wallace E. Shipp, Jr.
Bar Counsel
District of Columbia Office of Bar Counsel
515 5th Street, NW
Building A, Room 117
Washington, DC 20001
202/638-1501
FAX: 202/638-0862
Website www.dcbar.org

FLORIDA

Kenneth L. Marvin
Staff Counsel, Lawyer Regulation
The Florida Bar
561 East Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300
866/352-0707
850/561-5776 (in state)
FAX: 850/561-5665
Website www.flabar.org

GEORGIA

William P. Smith, III
General Counsel
State Bar of Georgia
104 Marietta Street, NW
Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30303
800/334-6865 x720
404/527-8720
FAX: 404/527-8744
Website www.gabar.org

HAWAII

Janet Hunt
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 300
Honolulu, HI 96813
808/521-4591
Website www.courts.state.hi.us

IDAHO

Bradley G. Andrews
Bar Counsel
Idaho State Bar
Post Office Box 895
Boise, ID 83701
208/334-4500
FAX: 208/334-2764
Website www.idaho.gov/isb

ILLINOIS

CHICAGO AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Jerome E. Larkin
Administrator
Illinois Attorney Registration and
Disciplinary Commission
130 East Randolph Street, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60601-6219
312/565-2600; 800/826-8625
FAX: 312/565-2320
Website www.iardc.org

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

Illinois Attorney Registration and
Disciplinary Commission
700 East Adams Street
Springfield, IL 62701-1625
217/522-6838; 800/252-8048
FAX: 217/522-2417

INDIANA

Donald R. Lundberg
Executive Secretary
Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission
30 South Meridian Street
Suite 850
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317/232-1807
FAX: 317/233-0261
Website http://www.in.gov/judiciary/discipline/

IOWA

Charles L. Harrington
Administrator
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board
1111 East Court Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50319
515/725-8019
FAX: 515/725-8013
Website http://www.judicial.state.ia.us

KANSAS

Stanton A. Hazlett
Disciplinary Administrator
Supreme Court of Kansas
701 SW Jackson, 1st Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
785/296-2486
FAX: 785/296-6049
Website www.kscourts.org/attydisc

KENTUCKY

Linda A. Gosnell
Chief Bar Counsel
Kentucky Bar Association
514 West Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601-1883
502/564-3795
FAX: 502/564-3225
Website www.kybar.org

LOUISIANA

Charles B. Plattsmier
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Office of the Disciplinary Counsel
4000 S. Sherwood Forest Boulevard, Suite 607
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
800/326-8022
225/293-3900 (in state)
FAX: 225/293-3300
www.ladb.org

MAINE

J. Scott Davis
Bar Counsel
Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar
Post Office Box 527
97 Winthrop Street
Augusta, ME 04332-0527
207/623-1121
FAX: 207/623-4175
Website www.mebaroverseers.org

MARYLAND

Melvin Hirshman
Bar Counsel
Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland
100 Community Place, Suite 3301
Crownsville, MD 21032-2027
410/514-7051
FAX: 410/987-4690
Website www.courts.state.md.us/attygrievance/index.html

MASSACHUSETTS
Constance V. Vecchione
Bar Counsel
Office of the Bar Counsel
99 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
617/728-8750
FAX: 617/482-2992
Website www.mass.gov/obcbbo

MICHIGAN

Robert L. Agacinski
Grievance Administrator
Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission
243 West Congress, Suite 256
Detroit, MI 48226-3259
313/961-6585
FAX: 313/961-5819
Website www.agcmi.com

John F. Van Bolt
Executive Director
Attorney Disciplinary Board
211 West Fort Street
Suite 1410
Detroit, MI 48226-3236
313/963-5553
FAX: 313/963-5571
Website www.adbmich.org

MINNESOTA

Martin A. Cole
Director
Minnesota Office of Professional Responsibility
1500 Landmark Towers
345 St. Peter Street
St. Paul, MN 55102-1218
800/657-3601
651/296-3952 (in state)
FAX: 651/297-5801
Website www.courts.state.mn.us/lprb

MISSISSIPPI

Adam Kilgore
General Counsel
Mississippi State Bar
643 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202
601/948-0568
FAX: 601/355-8635
Website www.msbar.org

MISSOURI

Alan Pratzel
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Missouri Supreme Court
Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel
3335 American Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65109-1079
573/635-7400
FAX: 573/635-2240
Website www.mochiefcounsel.org

MONTANA

Shaun R. Thompson
Disciplinary Counsel
Post Office Box 1099
Helena, MT 59624
406/442-1648
FAX: 406/442-2685
Website www.montanaodc.org

NEBRASKA

Dennis G. Carlson
Counsel for Discipline
Nebraska Supreme Court
3808 Normal Boulevard
Lincoln, NE 68506
402/471-1040
FAX: 402/471-1014
Website www.supremecourt.ne.gov

NEVADA

Rob W. Bare
Bar Counsel
State Bar of Nevada
600 East Charleston Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89104
800/254-2797
702/382-2200 (in state)
FAX: 702/382-8747
Website www.nvbar.org

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Landya B. McCafferty
Disciplinary Counsel
New Hampshire Supreme Court Attorney Discipline Office
4 Chenell Drive, Suite 102
Concord, NH 03301
603/224-6942
FAX: 603/228-9511
Website www.nhbar.org/for-the-public/dispute.asp

NEW JERSEY

David E. Johnson, Jr.
Director
Office of Attorney Ethics
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Post Office Box 963
840 Bear Tavern Road
Trenton, NJ 08625
609/530-4008
FAX: 609/530-5238
Website www.Judiciary.state.nj.us

NEW MEXICO

Virginia L. Ferrara
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of New Mexico
400 Gold SW, Suite 800
Albuquerque, NM 87102-3261
505/842-5781
FAX: 505/766-6833
Website www.nmdisboard.org

NEW YORK

NEW YORK CITY: 1st Department

Alan W. Friedberg
Chief Counsel
First Judicial Department
Departmental Disciplinary Committee
61 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10006
212/401-0800
FAX: 212/401-0810

NEW YORK CITY: 2nd Department

Diana Maxfield Kearse
Chief Counsel
Second Judicial Department
2nd & 11th Judicial District Grievance Committees
Renaissance Plaza, Suite 2400
335 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-3745
718/923-6300
Website nycourts.gov/courts/ad2

NEW YORK STATE: 2nd Department

Gary L. Casella
Chief Counsel
Second Judicial Department
9th Judicial District Grievance Committee
399 Knollwood Road, Suite 200
White Plains, NY 10603
914/949-4540
FAX: 914/949-0997

NEW YORK STATE: 2nd Department

Rita E. Adler
Chief Counsel
Second Judicial Department
10th Judicial District Grievance Committee
150 Motor Parkway, Suite 102
Hauppauge, NY 11788
631/231-3775
FAX: 631/231-4041

NEW YORK STATE: 3rd Department

Mark S. Ochs
Chief Attorney
Third Judicial Department
Committee on Professional Standards
40 Steuben Street, Suite 502
Albany, NY 12207-2109
518/474-8816
FAX: 518/474-0389
Website www.courts.state.ny.us/ad3

NEW YORK STATE: 4th Department/5th District

Gregory J. Huether
Chief Counsel
Fourth Judicial Department
5th District Attorney Grievance Committee
224 Harrison Street, Suite 408
Syracuse, NY 13202-3066
315/471-1835
FAX: 315/479-0123

NEW YORK STATE: 4th Department/7th District

Gregory J. Huether
Chief Counsel
Fourth Judicial Department
7th District Attorney Grievance Committee
50 East Avenue, Suite 404
Rochester, NY 14604-2206
585/530-3180
FAX: 585/530-3191
Website www.courts.state.ny.us/ad4

NEW YORK STATE: 4th Department/8th District

Gregory J. Huether
Chief Counsel
Fourth Judicial Department
Attorney Grievance Committee
438 Main Street, Suite 800
Buffalo, NY 14202-3212
716/845-3630
FAX: 716/856-2701

NORTH CAROLINA

Katherine Jean
Counsel
North Carolina State Bar
208 Fayetteville Street
Post Office Box 25908
Raleigh, NC 27611-5908
919/828-4620
FAX: 919/834-8156
Website www.ncbar.gov

NORTH DAKOTA

Paul W. Jacobson
Disciplinary Counsel
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court
of North Dakota
Post Office Box 2297
Bismarck, ND 58502-2297
701/328-3925
FAX: 701/328-3964

OHIO

Jonathan E. Coughlan
Disciplinary Counsel
Office of the Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio
250 Civic Center Drive, Suite 325
Columbus, OH 43215
800/589-5256
614/461-0256 (in state)
FAX: 614/461-7205
Website www.sconet.state.oh.us

Jonathan W. Marshall
Secretary to the Board
Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline
65 South Front Street, Fifth Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3431
614/387-9370
Fax:614/387-9379

IN AKRON: Summit County

Jackie Forcina
Grievance Director
Akron Bar Association
57 S. Broadway Street
Akron, OH 44308
330/253-5007
FAX: 330/253-2140
Website www.akronbar.org

IN CINCINNATI: Hamilton County

Edwin W. Patterson III
Bar Counsel
Cincinnati Bar Association
225 East 6th Street, 2nd Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202-3209
513/381-8213
FAX: 513/381-0528
Website www.cincybar.org

IN CLEVELAND: Cuyahoga County

K. Ann Zimmerman
General Counsel
Cleveland Bar Association
1301 East 9th Street, Second Level
Cleveland, OH 44114
216/696-3525
FAX: 216/696-2413
Website www.clemetrobar.org

IN COLUMBUS: Franklin County

Bruce A. Campbell
Bar Counsel
Columbus Bar Association
175 S. Third Street, Suite 1100
Columbus, OH 43215-5193
614/221-4112
FAX: 614/221-4850
Website www.cbalaw.org

IN DAYTON: Montgomery County

Chris Albrektson
Assistant Executive Director
Dayton Bar Association
109 North Main Street, Suite 600
Dayton, OH 45402-1129
513/222-7902
FAX: 513/222-1308
Website www.daybar.org

IN TOLEDO: Lucas County

Jonathan B. Cherry, Esq.
Bar Counsel
The Toledo Bar Association
311 N. Superior Street
Toledo, OH 43604
419/242-9363
FAX: 419/242-3614
Website www.toledobar.org

OKLAHOMA

Dan Murdock
General Counsel
Oklahoma Bar Association
1901 North Lincoln Boulevard
Post Office Box 53036
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
405/416-7007
FAX: 405/416-7003
Website www.okbar.org

OREGON

Jeffrey D. Sapiro
Disciplinary Counsel
Oregon State Bar
Post Office Box 231935
5200 SW Meadows Road
Tigard, OR 97281-1935
503/620-0222 Ext. 319
FAX: 503/968-4457
Website www.osbar.org

PENNSYLVANIA

Paul J. Killion
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
200 North Third Street, Suite 1400
Harrisburg, PA 17101
717/783-0990
FAX: 717/783-4963
Website www.padb.us

RHODE ISLAND

David D. Curtin
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Disciplinary Board
of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Fogarty Judicial Annex
24 Weybosset Street, 2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903
401/222-3270
FAX: 401/222-1191
Website www.courts.ri.gov

SOUTH CAROLINA

Lesley M. Coggiola
Disciplinary Counsel
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Post Office Box 12159
Columbia, SC 29211
803/734-2038
FAX: 803/734-1964

SOUTH DAKOTA

Robert B. Frieberg
Disciplinary Board Counsel
Post Office Box 511
Beresford, SD 57004
605/763-2107
FAX: 605/763-2106

TENNESSEE

Nancy S. Jones
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Board of Professional Responsibility
of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
The Oaks Tower, Suite 730
1101 Kermit Drive
Nashville, TN 37217
800/486-5714
615/361-7500
FAX: 615/367-2480
Website www.tbpr.org

TEXAS

John A. Neal
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
State Bar of Texas
Post Office Box 12487
Austin, TX 78711
512/453-5535
800/204-2222
FAX: 512/453-6667
Website www.texasbar.com

UTAH

Billy L. Walker
Senior Counsel
Utah State Bar
Office of Professional Conduct
645 South 200 East, Suite 205
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3834
801/531-9110
FAX: 801/531-9112
Website www.utahbar.org

VERMONT

Michael Kennedy
Disciplinary Counsel
Professional Conduct Board
of the Supreme Court of Vermont
32 Cherry Street, Suite 213
Burlington, VT 05401-7305
802/859-3000
FAX: 802/859-3003
Website www.vermontjudiciary.org

VIRGINIA

Edward L. Davis
Bar Counsel
Virginia State Bar
Eighth and Main Building
707 East Main Street, Suite 1500
Richmond, VA 23219-2800
804/775-0500
FAX: 804/775-0597
Website www.vsb.org

WASHINGTON

Douglas J. Ende
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Director of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Washington State Bar Association
1325 4th Avenue - Suite 600
Seattle, Washington 98101-2539
Phone: 206-733-5917
FAX: 206/727-8325
Website www.wsba.org

WEST VIRGINIA

Rachel L. Fletcher-Cipoletti
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
2008 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25311
304/558-7999
FAX: 304/558-4015
Website www.wvbar.org

WISCONSIN

Keith L. Sellen
Director
Office of Lawyer Regulation
110 East Main Street, Suite 315
Madison, WI 53703-3383
877/315-9641
608/267-7274
FAX: 608/267-1959
Website www.wicourts.gov/about/organization/offices/olr

WYOMING

Rebecca A. Lewis
Bar Counsel
Wyoming State Bar
Post Office Box 109
500 Randall Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82003-0109
307/632-9061
FAX: 307/632-3737
Website www.wyomingbar.org

OTHER U.S. ENTITIES

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

H. Marshall Jarrett
Office of Professional Responsibility
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 3266
Washington, DC 20530
202/514-3365
FAX: 202/514-5050
Website www.justice.gov/opr/

Jennifer J. Barnes
Bar Counsel
Executive Office for Immigration Review
5107 Leesburg Pike
Suite 2600
Falls Church, VA 22041
703/305-0470
FAX: 703/305-0443

U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE

Harry I. Moatz, Director
Office of Enrollment & Discipline
Post Office Box 1450
600 Dulany Street - 8D69
Alexandria, VA 22313-4450
571-272-4097
FAX: 703-273-4097
Website www.uspto.gov/index.html

U.S. FEDERAL COURTS

Complaints regarding lawyers admitted to practice before federal courts (U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court of the United States, and all special federal courts) should be directed to the Clerk or the Chief Judge of the particular federal court in which the lawyer is admitted to practice.

U.S. AIR FORCE

Major General Nolan Sklute
Counsel
The Judge Advocate General
HQ-USAF/JA
1420 Air Force Pentagon
Washington, DC 20330-1420
703/614-5732
FAX: 703/614-8894

U.S. ARMY

LTC Alan Cook
Office of the Judge Advocate General
Attn: DAJA-SC
1777 North Kent Street
Rosslyn,VA 22209-2197
703/588-6714
FAX: 703/588-0122

U.S. COAST GUARD

Rear Admiral Paul M. Blayney, U.S.C.G.
Commandant (G-L)
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 - 2d Street SW
Washington, DC 20593-0001
202/267-1617
FAX: 202/267-4716

U.S. MARINES

Brigadier General Michael C. Wholley, U.S.M.C.
Staff Judge Advocate
to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Washington, DC 20380-1775
703/737-1853
FAX: 703/695-5111

U.S. NAVY

Director Military Personnel Division (Code 61)
OJAG
Department of the Navy
200 Stovall Street
Alexandria, VA 22332
703/325-5830
FAX: 703/325-9152

U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS

AMERICAN SAMOA

Roy J.D. Hall, Jr.
Counsel
American Samoa Bar Association
P.O. Box 2509
Pago Pago, AS 96799
011/684-688-1818
FAX: 011/684-688-1821

GUAM

Bruce Bradley
Ethics Professor
Office of the Guam Bar Association
120 West O'Brien Drive
Hagatna, Guam 969104-5174
671/475-3167
FAX: 671/475-3400
Website www.guambar.org



PUERTO RICO

Domingo Laracuente
President
Comision de Etica Profesional
Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR 00902
809/723-6984
809/721-3358
FAX: 809/725-0330

Isabel Llompart-Zeno
Secretary
Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR 00903
809/723-6033, ext. 4018
FAX: 809/722-9177

Carlos Lugo-Fiol, Acting Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Office of the Solicitor General
P.O. Box 192
San Juan, PR 00902
809/724-2165
FAX: 809/724-3380

U.S. CANAL ZONE

Betty H. Olchin
Counsel
Grievances and Ethics Committee
Canal Zone Bar Association
P.O. Drawer 3665
Balboa
CANAL ZONE

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

Rhys S. Hodge
Counsel
Virgin Islands Bar Association
Post Office Box 4108
Christiansted, VI 00822
340/778-7497
FAX: 340/773-5060
Website www.vibar.org

OTHER COUNTRIES

AUSTRALIA

Steve Mark
Commissioner
Office of the Legal Services Commissioner
Box 6, G.P.O.
Sydney NSW 2001
(02) 9377-1800
FAX: (02) 9377-1888
Website www.austbar.asn.au

CANADA

Lesley Cameron
Senior Counsel - Discipline
Law Society of Upper Canada
Osgoode Hall
130 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5H 2N6
800/268-7568
416/947-3310
FAX: 416/947-5263
Website www.lsuc.on.ca/regulation/

Todd Follett
Discipline Counsel
The Law Society of British Columbia
845 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6B 4Z9
800/903-5300
604/669-2533
FAX: 604/669-5399
Website www.lawsociety.bc.ca/

ENGLAND

Peter Ross
Director
Office for the Supervision of Solicitors
Victoria Court
8 Dormer Place
Leamington SPA, Warwickshire
CV 32 5AE UK
0196-820082
FAX: 0196-431435
Website www.lawsociety.org.uk

FRANCE

Bernard Vatier
Paris Bar Association
11, Place Dauphine
75053 Paris, RP-SP
FRANCE
(33) 01-44-32-48-48
FAX: (33) 01-46-34-77-65

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