Jun 14, 2012 · 2 Michelle Obama “voluntarily surrendered” her law license in 1993. after a Federal Judge gave her the choice between surrendering her …
Jun 01, 2020 · Posts allege that Barack Obama “surrendered his license back in 2008 in order to escape charges he lied on his bar application” while …
A quick search of the state of Illinois’ Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission website shows that Barack Obama’s law license was changed to “retired” in 2008, when he was elected president (the year before, he had switched it to “voluntarily inactive” in order to focus on his presidential run, and Michelle Obama has been listed as “voluntarily inactive” since 1993, when …
Jan 06, 2017 · A court official confirms that no public disciplinary proceeding has ever been brought against either of them, contrary to a false Internet rumor. By voluntarily inactivating their licenses, they avoid a requirement to take continuing education classes and pay hundreds of dollars in annual fees. Both could practice law again if they chose to do so.
Fact check: The Obamas did not surrender their law licenses because of malpractice. Shared widely on Facebook, posts claim that former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama both lost their licenses to practice law for disciplinary reasons. This claim is false. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt.
The entry for Michelle Obama provides her maiden name, Michelle Lavaughn Robinson, and the date she was admitted to the bar, May 12, 1989. Her Illinois registration status is “Voluntarily inactive and not authorized to practice law” and she was last registered in 1993.As is the case with her husband, under Michelle’s Public Record ...
The difference is crucial: a lawyer who has surrendered his law license has given it up and therefore no longer has a license, while a lawyer who has gone on inactive status still holds a valid law license but is not currently engaged in any professional activities that require it to be active.
Bill Clinton hung onto his law license until he was convicted of making a false statement in the Lewinsky case and had to “Voluntarily Surrender” his license too. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a “lawyer”.
The bar record says that [Michelle Obama] is “Voluntarily inactive.”. This is even more common for lawyers who don’t need a bar card, such as many lawyers who don’t appear in court or counsel clients other than [their] employer.
A meme circulating on social media platforms shows an image of the former first lady, along with text superimposed over it that reads, “No other ‘first lady’ ever had to surrender their law license for insurance fraud.” (RELATED: Did Michelle Obama Recently Earn A Doctorate Degree In Law?)
She was admitted to the Illinois State Bar Association on May 12, 1989, according to records on the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (IARDC) website.
Bill Clinton hung onto his law license until he was convicted of making a false statement in the Lewinsky case and had to “ Voluntarily Surrender” his license too. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law Review, is no longer a “lawyer”. He surrendered his license back in 2008 possibly to escape charges that he “fibbed” on his bar ...
In early October 2018, many people in the United States and abroad were closely watching the twists and turns around a Supreme Court nomination as multiple women accused the nominee of committing or abetting sexual assault.
Michelle and Barack Obama are also listed on the Illinois State Bar Association’s official website as honorary members (as are Hillary Clinton and Harper Lee for her portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird) which would be extremely strange if they had both lost their licenses in disgrace.
Obama had 17 unpaid parking tickets from his days at Harvard. Obama omitted his aliases of Barry Soetoro and Barry Obama. Obama admitted to drug use when he was younger and there is strong reason to believe he was still using drugs. Read the complete IL bar rules:
Twelve of Obama’s 17 tickets were given to him on Massachusetts Avenue. In one eight day stretch in 1988, Obama was cited seven times for parking violations and was fined $45. Thirteen of the 17 violations occurred within one month in 1988.
Obama attended Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1991. During his time at Harvard, Obama lived at 365 Broadway in Somerville, according to his parking tickets. Records from the Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation office show that between Oct. 5, 1988 and Jan. 12, 1990 Obama was cited for 17 traffic violations, ...
What we know is that Obama has not produced an actual birth certificate, his father was a British citizen, Obama is not a natural born citizen, Obama has kept hidden almost all official documents related to his past.
Just because you read the same blog post expounded upon at a thousand different sites doesn't make it any more credible. Michelle Obama left Sidley Austin in 1992 and took a job with a non-profit in 1993 that clearly was not in the natire of practicing law.
Active vs. inactive cannot possibly be court ordered. It is a choice the attorney makes each year when registering. If not engaged in the regular practice of law then you choose inactive status (still a member of the bar, but on inactive status because well, you are inactive).