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No, that is a myth. Both the president and Mrs. Obama are lawyers in good standing. But they let their licenses lapse because they decided they were no longer going to practice law. Mr. Obama became a senator and then the president, and his wife became the First Lady. Either or both of them could return to the legal profession if they ever wanted to do so.

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No. Her Illinois bar license is on "voluntary inactive" status.

As with any other person who does not choose to actively practice law, Michelle Obama has not kept up with the required Continuing Education coursework required to keep an active license. As such, the court has required her to give up her practice of law until such time she can take the required coursework to be up-to-date on Illinois law. She is not under any form of disciplinary restriction or order, merely she's chosen not to practice law while supporting her husband's political career (and raising their children).

The relevant section of the Illinois Bar Association record is:

Illinois Registration Status: Voluntarily inactive and not authorized to practice law - Last Registered Year: 1993

Malpractice Insurance:

(Current as of date of registration;

consult attorney for further information) No malpractice report required as attorney is on court ordered inactive status.

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She was not disbarred. "Voluntarily inactive" simply means she has let her license expire, and thus, "not authorized to practice law". Why? There are many reasons attorneys allow their license to expire. Retired. Moved to another state (as she did) and did not wish to renew license in the past state. Personal hiatus, such as concentrating on raising a family (as she has). Career change. Death. At the time she voluntarily changed her status to inactive a lawyer needed a court order approving the change.

Here is the pertinent excerpt from the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission ARDC of the Illinois Supreme Court:

"E. Supreme Court - Non-Disciplinary Action"

In addition to activity in disciplinary cases, the Supreme Court entertains pleadings in non-disciplinary matters that affect an attorney's status. Chart 17 reflects the orders entered in such cases during 2000. With the amendments to Rules 756 and 770, adding an inactive status registration category and deleting Rule 770 court-ordered inactive status, effective beginning with the 2000 registration year, transfers to inactive status are now accomplished without Court order, and, therefore, are no longer reflected in Chart 17. As was true in 1999 when the rule amendments were announced, many lawyers who had transferred to inactive status under Rule 770 petitioned to return to active status under Rule 759, with the result that the number of petitions filed under Rule 759 was significantly higher for 1999 and 2000 than in past years. The transition stage will end during 2001, and there should be a significant drop-off in Rule 759 filings in future years. "

1) According to the ARDC, ALL lawyers who requested inactive status prior to 2000 had to obtain a court order in order to receive it.

2) There are NO disciplinary actions against Michelle Obama.

3) Her license is listed as "VOLUNTARILY [emphasis is mine] inactive."

In other words, before 2000, any lawyer who wanted to go on VOLUNTARY inactive status had to get a court order to do so. Therefore, ALL lawyers who voluntarily became inactive - did so via COURT ORDER. There were NO disciplinary actions against Mrs. Obama. She is eligible to return to active status at any time by paying her fees and completing the continuing education required of all lawyers.

So, the ARDC's site indicates that her VOLUNTARILY inactive status came at HER request and was granted by a court order, as was ROUTINE before 2000.

NOTHING on their site says or implies that there was a disciplinary aspect to it.

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11y ago

No she was not. This is a myth that is commonly found on conservative websites, spread by the president's political opponents. Michelle Obama decided she was not going to practice law any more, since she was occupied with being a businesswoman and a mom, and then she became First Lady. But she could go back to law at any time, since she left the profession in good standing.

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No, this is another internet myth. In fact, both the president and Mrs. Obama left the legal profession in good standing, and neither one was ever disbarred. They both let their licenses expire because they decided they were no longer going to practice law. So their licenses were put on "inactive" status. Mr. Obama became a senator and then the president, and his wife became the First Lady. Either or both of them could return to the legal profession if they ever wanted to do so.

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No she is a lawyer in good standing. Her license to practice is voluntarily on inactive status due to her other duties as First Lady taking up most of her time.

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