Cornelia Wallis Honchar
About Cornelia
Licenses
Licensed in Arizona for 26 years
State: Arizona
Acquired: 1999
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2009
Licensed in Illinois for 48 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1977
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Experience
Professional misconduct
This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2009.
Probation issued in AZ, 2009
updated on 06/14/2016Probation means an attorney did something wrong but may still practice law. The State monitors the lawyer's activities for a period of time in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior.
“I made one great mistake taking a divorce case for a woman whose husband was a drug addict and physically abusive, in my opinion. Rather than fight the Bar, I accepted an offer to settle the matter. That was 7 years ago. I've never taken another divorce case and haven't had a problem since. So I understand what it's like to be accused and, I assure you--I know how to fight back. As I will for anyone charged with a crime. Too much is at stake.”
Honors
2015
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2014
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2013
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2012
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
Work Experience
2001 - Present
Owner, Law of Corneila Wallis Honchar PC
2000 - 2001
Justice Court, Deputy Pima County Attorney Criminal Misdemeanor Division
1999 - 2000
Hearing Officer City of Chicago, Department of Police, Chicago Police Board
1996 - 2000
General Counsel, Private Practice Concentration in Legal Ethics and Legal Malpractice Avoidance
1996 - 1998
Legal Counsel, Chicago Title Insurance Company
1980 - 1982
Adjunct Professor, Loyola University (Chicago) School of Law
Associations
1994 - 1996
Illinois State Bar Association, Standing Committee on Professional ConductSecretary
1993 - 1996
Chicago Bar Association, Professional Responsibility CommitteeChair
1992 - 1994
Association of Professional Responsibility LawyersBoard of Directors
1992 - 1993
Illinois State Bar Association, Standing Committee on Professional ConductAppointed
1992 - 1993
Chicago Bar Association, Professional Responsibility Committee,Vice Chair
1992 - 2003
Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional ResponsibilityAppointed
1991 - 1993
Chicago Bar Association-Editorial Board, CBA Record,Vice Chair
1991 - 1992
Chicago Bar Association, Chair, Urban Affairs CommitteeChair
Education
1977
JD - Juris Doctor with highest honors
Speaking Engagements
2005
Fees, A Road Map Around the Quicksands of Malpractice
2004
Quantum Physics and the Law
1999
Selected Issues: Legal Fees
1998
Ethical Issues Associated with E-Mail
1997
Current Developments
1997
Legal Malpractice Avoidance and Update on Current Developments in the Law of Lawyering
1996
Legal Malpractice Avoidance
Publications
2005
1998
1996
Languages
French
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Answers
Can I call my boyfriends PO to try and help the situation ?
05 Jun 2020
Is it illegal to have sex with a minor?
22 Mar 2019
I’m pregnant and I’m 17 and I will have my baby next month. Is my 19 years old boyfriend gonna go to jail?
26 Jan 2019