Illinois Department Of Financial And Professional Regulation

• An overview of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: attorneys representing doctors, dentists and other licensees before the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation must know the policies and procedures of the agency to best represent their clients.

Diamond Brownridge was a beautiful five year old who, at the end of September 2006, went for a routine visit to her dentist in Chicago's Little Villag...

• Illinois Bar Journal
• Vol. 95 Nbr. 8, August 2007

• Jason Goodman, D.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, David E. Bluthardt, in His Official Capacity as the Acting Director of the Department'S Division of Professional Regulation, and Allan G. Bennett, M.D., Tariq H. Butt, M.D., Georgia D. Lubben, M.D., Sandra F. Olson, M.D., Edward P. Rose, M.D., Douglas P. Webster, D.O., and Linda L. Zange, D.C., in Their Official Capacity as the Duly Appointed Members of the Medical Disciplinary Board of the Division of Professional Regulation, Defendants-Appellees., 430 F.3d 432 (7th Cir. 2005)

Carl R. Draper (argued), Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Benson, Springfield, IL, James F. McCarthy, Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild, Cincinnati, OH, for Plainti...

• Federal Circuits

• Audit: 4 State Workers Were Overpaid $77,000

SPRINGFIELD - Four Illinois state employees whose work was split among agencies were overpaid by $77,000 the last two years, an audit released Thursday shows. One employee working for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation got $36,151 more than specified. Another received an additional $25,662.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• May 13, 2011

• Illinois Employees Overpaid by $25k

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Four Illinois state employees whose work was split among agencies were overpaid by $77,000 the last two years, an audit released Thursday shows. One employee working for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation got $36,151 more than specified. Another received an additional $25,662.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• June 24, 2011

• State Pulls Licenses for 35 Health Workers

SPRINGFIELD - A two-month-old state law barring sex offenders from practicing medicine has already nabbed nearly three dozen doctors, nurses and other health care workers. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation reported Friday it has yanked 35 licenses thus far. Among those affected are physicians with ties to Decatur, Streator, Moline and Carmi.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• October 14, 2011

• Thousands Gather in Memory of Diamond Brownridge

Many of us did not know the [Brownridge] family personally, but we would take the pain away if we could. In some small way, it seems as though Diamond has touched all of us," said [James Meeks], who is also the state senator for the 15th District. "Just by coming down here tonight, you're trying to lift the burden from this family and let them know you have their back. [Hicham K. Riba]'s dental license was suspended Friday by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The agency called Riba's practices an "imminent danger to the public" and said he failed to properly monitor Diamond's blood pressure, pulse and respiration during treatment. "Her death should result in something. We really need Diamond's law in Illinois," Meeks said. "If Diamond is the rainbow, no...

• Chicago Defender
• August 11, 2009

• Heartland Takes Over Assets of Suburban Bank

BLOOMINGTON - Bloomington-based Heartland Bank and Trust Co. has assumed the deposits and assets of Bank of Shorewood from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Bank of Shorewood was closed at 7 p.m. Friday by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which appointed the FDIC receiver. The bank's three offices are in Shorewood, Plainfield and Elmwood (also known as Bank of Elwood).

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• September 02, 2011

• Michele Latz to Address Coalition of Bankers and Advocates Atfinancial Links for Low-Income People (Fllip) Awards Luncheon

News Advisory: Michele Latz, director of the Division of Financial Institutions at the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, will address over one hundred leaders in the financial education and asset-building movement at the Financial Links for Low-Income People, or FLLIP, coalition's fifth annual awards luncheon at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Sept. 28. Latz will discuss Illinois's success in combating predatory lending through financial education, consumer protection policies, and the development of lower-cost alternative financial products and services.

• U.S. Newswire
• September 25, 2005

• Illinois Names Solis to Top Bank Regulator Post

Jorge Solis was appointed director of the Illinois Division of Banking, part of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The division regulates the banking and residential mortgage industries. The appointment was announced May 15 by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Solis' exceptional financial and commercial experience will be a tremendous asset to the state as we work to make sure the lending industry in Illinois is focused on the needs and rights of consumers, said Blagojevich. Salis has been in banking for nearly 35 years.

• Northwestern Financial Review
• August 19, 2009

• Bank of Illinois Scrutinizedb-N Institution Given 60 Days to Fix Unsafe Practices

NORMAL - The Bank of Illinois has been warned by state regulators that its business practices are unsafe and must be corrected within 60 days or it risks a takeover. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issued a 19-page "order to cease and desist" to the Normal-based bank, saying it believes the bank has "engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• October 28, 2009