Judge Marsaglia, of Morris, appointed to Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission

The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Judge Robert Marsaglia, of Morris, to serve as a commissioner on the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) for a term that starts with the new year and ends in 2027.

The ARDC oversees lawyer licensing and investigates allegations of lawyer wrongdoing.

Marsaglia works at the law firm Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, which has offices in Joliet, Oswego and Morris. He was a Grundy County circuit court judge from 1996 until his retirement in 2020. Before joining the bench, Marsaglia was an Assistant State’s Attorney in Grundy County and in private practice.

He has served on several Illinois Supreme Court committees, including the Judicial Mentor Committee and the Special Advisory Committee for Justice and Mental Health, along with the Court’s Judicial College. He has spoken at many judicial continuing legal education seminars, and he’s a board member of the Community Foundation of Grundy County.

Marsaglia received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and his doctorate from DePaul University College of Law.

He succeeds former ARDC Commissioner Timothy L. Bertschy, whose term expires at the end of 2024. The ARDC has seven commissioners, three of whom are non-lawyers. They receive no compensation for their services and act as a board of directors for the agency, creating policies, overseeing their implementation, establishing an operating budget, appointing members of the ARDC’s Inquiry and Hearing Boards, and managing the Client Protection Programs. Commissioners do not decide cases.

More than 80 employees and over 100 lawyer and non-lawyer volunteers work for the ARDC, and all funds expended by the agency are from annual registration fees paid by Illinois lawyers.