A: Your attorney registration number appears on your ARDC ID card. If you have lost your ID card or cannot read your registration number, you may retrieve it online at anytime here. You will be required to provide identifying information, and your registration number will be presented to you.
The Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (“ARDC”) issues each attorney a unique, 7-digit ID as part of the admission process. The ARDC number is the attorney's Illinois law license number.
For the public, the best way to confirm that an attorney is licensed to practice law in a particular jurisdiction is to contact the licensing or regulatory agency in that state that grants the bar license. In most states, the licensing or regulatory agency is managed by the state bar or the state bar association.
the Illinois Supreme CourtTotally. The regulation of the practice of law in Illinois, and its definition, are the exclusive province of the Judicial Branch of Government, specifically, the Illinois Supreme Court.
Acronym. Definition. ARDC. Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation.
Attorney vs Lawyer: Comparing Definitions Lawyers are people who have gone to law school and often may have taken and passed the bar exam. Attorney has French origins, and stems from a word meaning to act on the behalf of others. The term attorney is an abbreviated form of the formal title 'attorney at law'.