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IN RE PEEL

No. 66771.

126 Ill.2d 397 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 980

In re GARY E. PEEL, Attorney, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 2, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Moran III, of Springfield, for the Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.

Robert W. Bosslet, of Morris B. Chapman & Associates, of Granite City, for respondent.

Eugene I. Pavalon, of Chicago, and Jeffrey R. White, of Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Timothy Wilton, of Boston, Massachusetts, for amicus curiae National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Respondent censured.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Gary E. Peel is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois. In 1983, the respondent, Peel, began placing on his letterhead that he was certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). Rule 2-105(a) of the Illinois Code of Professional Responsibility prohibits an attorney from holding himself out as "certified" or a "specialist" other...

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