Attorney George Acosta of Chicago; cheating liar

The state of Illinois presented George Alonso Acosta with a law license in 2021 after he graduated from DePaul University School of Law.

The Disciplinary Commission found George guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• Intentionally took client funds without authority, totaling $86,000 relating to six client matters, in order to pay personal and business expenses, knowing that it was wrong to do so
• George’s misconduct was a flagrant violation of his obligation to honestly safeguard client funds
• The client funds that George took included settlement proceeds that belonged to a minor
• The court, which was supervising the minor’s case, had ordered George to hold those funds
• for his client
• George took $39,000 of those funds that were to be held for the minor, which was approximately half of the
• settlement proceeds that George had been ordered to safeguard
• George’s deliberate misuse of those funds, despite the court’s order, underscores the gravity of his misconduct
• George did not stop taking client funds until he was caught doing so, when one of his checks bounced and the Disciplinary Commission was notified
• Engaged in a pattern of wrongdoing
• George deliberately took $86,000 of client funds for his own benefit over a period of 18 months, involving six separate client matters
• Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty, or misrepresentation

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Illinois Supreme Court punished George by gifting him with a complimentary 1-year suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. June 2023), George practices his so-called brand of law at 219 South Dearborn in Chicago, Illinois.

BEWARE: George is not covered by legal malpractice insurance