Theresa Gronkiewicz assigned to ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs

ABA Senior Counsel Theresa ("Terri") Gronkiewicz has been assigned to staff the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs. She will continue to serve as counsel to the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism and the Center of Professional Responsibility Diversity Committee.

Terri has devoted her entire legal career in the field of ethics, professional responsibility, and professionalism. She began with the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), where she investigated and prosecuted lawyer disciplinary matters through all stages of the process, including appearances before the Illinois Supreme Court. Terri then joined a Chicago law firm in private practice for 24 years, focusing on ethics, professional responsibility, and legal malpractice matters. She has represented judges, lawyers and law students in disciplinary proceedings, character and fitness matters, and judicial complaints before the various boards of the ARDC, the Illinois Character and Fitness Committee, the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board, and the Illinois Courts Commission. Terri co-authored chapter 13 of the Attorneys’ Legal Liability handbook (2014 edition), entitled "Disciplinary Liability," which details the lawyer disciplinary process in Illinois. She also authored the article "Twelve Tips to Help You Avoid Disciplinary Proceedings," published on the Center's webpage, and co-wrote the inaugural edition of the ABA’s Annotated Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions (2015).