License & bar number lookup

Illinois Attorney License Lookup

Search 206,900 attorneys registered with the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) by name or bar number. Every record shows the official license status and as-of date.

206,900

currently registered attorneys

Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission publishes no single roster total; verified against the ABA resident-active benchmark (62,093)

84,758

on active status

reconciles to Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission 85,068 active/registered (-0.4%)

59,798+

active with a Illinois business address

lower bound; 2,746 actives have no address on file

How to verify a Illinois attorney

Search the attorney by name or bar number in the search box above — it pulls the official Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) record.
Confirm the license status reads "active" (not suspended, disbarred, inactive, or not eligible).
Check the disciplinary standing — disbarred or suspended is a public record you can see before you hire.
Cross-check the bar number and admission year against anything the attorney told you.

Illinois attorneys in Evanston

Active Illinois attorneys with a business address in Evanston.

James Nicholas Alexander

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: c5e507c3-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1971 · 55 yrs

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John Trevett Jr. Allen

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: aa68af1b-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1964 · 62 yrs

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Arthur Howard Jr. Anderson

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: f70f5df7-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1970 · 56 yrs

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Michael Robert Berman

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 1cc77bcc-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1971 · 55 yrs

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Alan Robert Borlack

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 308c04d9-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1972 · 54 yrs

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Alan Paul Bielawski

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 2e034ffd-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1978 · 48 yrs

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Mark Douglas Bogenhagen

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: fb39a3d2-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1978 · 48 yrs

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Michael Allan Berke

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 19f7f52d-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1979 · 47 yrs

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Vincent L. Brizgys

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: ab873aa3-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1979 · 47 yrs

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Elizabeth A.s. Brown

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: b4400de5-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1979 · 47 yrs

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Curtiss Kent Behrens

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: fea515df-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1980 · 46 yrs

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Diane Dillon Bielawski

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 99a14af7-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1980 · 46 yrs

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Irwin Stuart Bernstein

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: bb9b1c91-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1981 · 45 yrs

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Helen Dorothy Burn Brest van Kempen

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: d2a8920f-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1981 · 45 yrs

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Margaret Byrne

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 6439a3d2-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1982 · 44 yrs

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Christopher James Bischoff

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: b25322b5-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1985 · 41 yrs

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Bonnie A. Bowler

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 09c48c15-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1985 · 41 yrs

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Susan Jennifer Davis Brunner

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: bfb5fcaf-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1985 · 41 yrs

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Elizabeth Watt Burrell

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 9a199765-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1985 · 41 yrs

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Wesley N. Becker

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: a5371bbb-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1986 · 40 yrs

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Marc Nelson Blumenthal

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 659d520f-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1986 · 40 yrs

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Shelley B. Ballard

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 60d54ac6-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1987 · 39 yrs

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Richard Stewart Bell

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 0c9417df-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1987 · 39 yrs

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Alisa Beth Arnoff

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 95a415df-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1988 · 38 yrs

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Ann Cathryn Buran

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 78eb9a09-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1989 · 37 yrs

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Michael Haig Adajian

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 4917e85e-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1990 · 36 yrs

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Michael Francis Bonaguro

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 1512a783-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1990 · 36 yrs

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Steven Mark Burgeman

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 27264ba8-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1990 · 36 yrs

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Kristine Linnell Anderson

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 42351bbb-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1991 · 35 yrs

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Christine M. Bewley

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 4c2e492e-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1992 · 34 yrs

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Steven Glen Anderson

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 531f824c-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1993 · 33 yrs

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Nancy A. Berté

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: cb3f35ba-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1993 · 33 yrs

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Alicia Lynnette Aiken

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: ba7609d3-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1996 · 30 yrs

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Roberta E. Brown

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: a9092b77-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1996 · 30 yrs

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Karena J. Bierman

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 809c1c91-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1997 · 29 yrs

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Marc Edward Abramson

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 9d12b927-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1998 · 28 yrs

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Stephen T. Auburn

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 62341bbb-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1998 · 28 yrs

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Barbara J. Auerbach

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 75833aa3-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 1998 · 28 yrs

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Christian Buckingham

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: f6b21671-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2000 · 26 yrs

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Ronald Edward Andermann

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: d67509d3-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2003 · 23 yrs

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Alexander Holmes Burke

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: d82b492e-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2003 · 23 yrs

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Katherine Elizabeth Agonis

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 284421c1-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2005 · 21 yrs

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Megan Marie Bess

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 41ac4dcf-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2005 · 21 yrs

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Mark Anthony Bulgarelli

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 7c8c04d9-a964-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2005 · 21 yrs

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Babak Bakhtiari

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: dcf31e6b-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2007 · 19 yrs

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Lisa Marie Bannapradist

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 3886bf52-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2007 · 19 yrs

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Elizabeth Mirza Al-Dajani

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 627da9a9-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2008 · 18 yrs

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Jacob Leslie Vance Armstrong

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 288d7a34-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2008 · 18 yrs

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Holly Nicole Blaine

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 5c5b2fc0-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2008 · 18 yrs

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Shivani Chandra Bautista

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: fa729859-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2009 · 17 yrs

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Bradley Paul Bussey

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 12284ab6-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2011 · 15 yrs

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Abraham Joshua Arnold

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: c469af1b-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2012 · 14 yrs

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Michael Trent Buettner

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: ffcc5aeb-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2012 · 14 yrs

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Sarah Losh Bakker

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 5dc97bcc-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2014 · 12 yrs

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Nicholas B. Adell

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: ee3fa1bc-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2016 · 10 yrs

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Blake Anthony Angelino

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: aa897a34-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2017 · 9 yrs

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Stephanie Alexis Benjamin-Coleman

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 779b2d9d-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2017 · 9 yrs

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Charles Iverson Bryans

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 2ae8574d-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2017 · 9 yrs

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Mark Loren Alanson

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: 1667728a-ab64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb
Admitted: 2018 · 8 yrs

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Nor Attisha

Evanston, IL

Active

Bar #: c42f3ea8-182d-f011-b891-000d3a92ce24
Admitted: 2025 · 1 yr

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Disciplinary actions

See Illinois attorney disciplinary actions (2,992 attorneys currently disbarred or suspended of record).

Frequently asked questions

How do I check if a lawyer is licensed in Illinois?

Search their name or bar number in the lookup above. It returns the official Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) record, including current license status and admission year. If no record comes back, the person may not be licensed in Illinois.

How many attorneys are registered in Illinois?

206,900 attorneys are registered with the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), and 84,758 are on active status. Every record here shows the official license status and as-of date.

Is Illinois attorney discipline public?

Yes. License status, including disbarment and suspension of record, is public information published by the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). 2,992 Illinois attorneys are currently disbarred or suspended of record.

What is a bar number?

A bar number is the unique ID the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) assigns to each admitted attorney. It is the most reliable way to confirm you are looking at the right person, especially for common names.

Does this cost anything?

No. Looking up a Illinois attorney's license and disciplinary standing on this site is free and requires no account.

Data sources & last updated

Licensing roster & status: Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). Published active-attorney total (2025 Annual Report).
Resident-attorney benchmark: ABA National Lawyer Population Survey 2024.
Data on this page as of 2026-06-13 (last roster ingest).

This site republishes official public records and is not legal advice, a lawyer referral service, or a consumer reporting agency. Information here may not be used to make decisions about employment, tenancy, or credit (FCRA). Records are shown as published by their official sources and may contain errors or be out of date; consult the linked official source to verify. To correct or dispute a record, contact the licensing authority of record.