Before hiring an attorney, it is essential to ensure they are in good standings with their state bar association. In addition, you want to make sure they don't have a disciplinary history either.
Chicago Headquarters
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
Toll-Free: (800) 285-2221
Phone: (312) 988-5000
Here's a list of each state's disciplinary board, along with a link to their website so you can search for your lawyer by state.
Alabama State Bar
Center for Professional Responsibility
415 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
Toll-Free: (800) 354-6154
Phone: (334) 269-1515
Fax: (334) 261-6310
Bar Counsel
Alaska Bar Association
P.O. Box 100279
Anchorage, AK 99510-0279
Phone: (907) 272-7469
Fax: (907) 272-2932
Email : info@alaskabar.org
Chief Bar Counsel
State Bar of Arizona
4201 North 24th Street
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85016-6288
Toll-Free: (866) 482-9227
Phone: (602) 252-4804
Fax: (602) 271-4930
Office of the Committee on Professional Conduct
2100 Riverfront Drive
Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72202-1747
Toll-Free: (800) 506-6631
Phone: (501) 376-0313
Fax: (501) 376-3438
State Bar of California
Intake Unit
845 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2515
Phone: (213) 765-1000
Toll-Free: (800) 843-9053
Fax: (213) 765-1168
Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel
1300 Broadway, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80203
Toll-Free: (877) 888-1370
Phone: (303) 457-5800
Fax: (303) 501-1141
Statewide Grievance Committee
100 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 706-5055
Fax: (860) 706-5063
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
The Renaissance Centre
405 North King Street
Suite 420
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302) 651-3931
Fax: (302) 651-3939
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
515 5th Street, NW
Building A, Room 117
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 638-1501
Fax: (202) 638-0862
The Florida Bar
651 East Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300
Toll-Free: (866) 352-0707
Phone: (850) 561-5775
General Counsel
State Bar of Georgia
104 Marietta Street NW
Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30303
Toll-Free: (800) 334-6865 ext. 759
Phone: (404) 527-8759
Fax: (404) 287-8390
Disciplinary Board of the Hawai'i Supreme Court
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
201 Merchant Street
Suite 1600
Honolulu, HI 96813
Toll-Free: (888) 206-5622
Phone: (808) 521-4591
Fax: (808) 545-2719
Bar Counsel
Idaho State Bar
P.O. Box 895
Boise, ID 83701
Phone: (208) 334-4500
Fax: (208) 334-2764
Chicago and Northern Illinois
Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission
130 East Randolph Street
Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60601-6219
Toll-Free: (800) 826-8625
Phone: (312) 565-2600
Fax: (312) 565-2320
Central and Southern Illinois
Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission
3161 West White Oaks
Suite 301
Springfield, IL 62704
Toll-Free: (800) 252-8048
Phone: (217) 546-3523
Fax: (217) 546-3785
Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission
251 North Illinois Street
Suite 1650
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 232-1807
Fax: (317) 233-0261
Iowa Supreme Court Office of Professional Regulation
1111 East Court Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 348-4680
Fax: (515) 348-4699
Kansas Disciplinary Administrator Office
701 SW Jackson, 1st Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: (785) 435-8200
Fax: (785) 783-8385
Chief Bar Counsel
Kentucky Bar Association
514 West Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601-1883
Phone: (502) 564-3795
Fax: (502) 564-3225
Office of the Disciplinary Counsel
4000 South Sherwood Forest Blvd.
Suite 610
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Toll-Free: (800) 326-8022
Phone: (225) 293-3900
Fax: (225) 293-3300
Bar Counsel
Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar
97 Winthrop Street
P.O. Box 527
Augusta, ME 04332-0527
Phone: (207) 623-1121
Fax: (207) 623-4175
Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Suite 300
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (410) 514-7051
Office of the Bar Counsel
99 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 728-8750
Fax : (617) 482-2992
Attorney Disciplinary Board
211 West Fort Street
Suite 1410
Detroit, MI 48226-3236
Phone: (313) 963-5553
Fax : (313) 963-5571
Office of Professional Responsibility
1500 Landmark Towers
345 St. Peter Street
St. Paul, MN 55102-1218
Toll-Free: (800) 657-3601
Phone: (651) 296-3952
Fax: (651) 297-5801
General Counsel
Mississippi State Bar
643 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 948-0568
Fax: (601) 355-8635
Missouri Supreme Court
Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel
3327 American Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65109-1079
Phone: (573) 635-7400
Fax: (573) 635-2240
Disciplinary Counsel
P.O. Box 1099
Helena, MT 59624
Phone: (406) 442-1648
Fax: (406) 442-2685
Counsel for Discipline
Nebraska Supreme Court
3808 Normal Blvd.
Lincoln, NE 68506
Phone: (402) 471-1040
Fax: (402) 471-1014
Bar Counsel
State Bar of Nevada
3100 West Charleston Blvd.
Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone: (702) 382-2200
Fax: (702) 382-8747
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Attorney Discipline Office
4 Chenell Drive
Suite 102
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-5828
Fax: (603) 228-9511
Office of Attorney Ethics
Supreme Court of New Jersey
P.O. Box 963
Trenton, NJ 08625
Toll-Free: (800) 406-8594
Phone: (609) 403-7800
Fax: (609) 530-5238
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of New Mexico
20 First Plaza N.W.
Suite 710
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: (505) 842-5781
Fax : (505) 766-6833
Departmental Disciplinary Committee
61 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10006
Phone: (212) 401-0800
Fax: (212) 287-1045
North Carolina State Bar
217 East Edenton Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919) 828-4620
Fax: (919) 834-8156
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
P.O. Box 2297
Bismarck, ND 58502-2297
Phone: (701) 328-3925
Fax: (701) 328-3964
Office of the Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio
250 Civic Center Drive
Suite 325
Columbus, OH 43215-7411
Toll-Free: (800) 589-5256
Phone: (614) 461-0256
Fax: (614) 461-7205
General Counsel
Oklahoma Bar Association
P.O. Box 53036
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3036
Phone: (405) 416-7007
Fax: (405) 416-7003
Oregon State Bar Disciplinary Counsel’s Office
P.O. Box 231935
Tigard, OR 97281–1935
Toll-Free: (800) 452-8260
Phone: (503) 620-0222
Fax: (503) 598-6913
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
601 Commonwealth Ave
Suite 2700
P.O. Box 62485
Harrisburg, PA 17106–2485
Phone: (717) 783-0990
Fax: (717) 783-4963
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island
c/o Philip W. Noel Judicial Complex
222 Quaker Lane – Room 1083
Warwick, Rhode Island 02886
Phone: (401) 823-5710
Fax: (401) 822-6071
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
P.O. Box 12159
Columbia, SC 29211
Phone: (803) 734-2038
Fax: (803) 734-1964
Disciplinary Board Counsel
224 E. Capitol Avenue
Suite 3
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 224-7554
Fax: (605) 224-0282
Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
The Oaks Tower
10 Cadillac Drive
Suite 220
Brentwood, TN 37027
Toll-Free: (800) 486-5714
Phone: (615) 361-7500
Fax: (615) 367-2480
Chief Disciplinary Counsel
1414 Colorado St.
Austin, Texas 78701
Toll-Free: (877) 953-5535
Phone: (512) 427-1350
Fax: (512) 427-4169
Utah State Bar
Office of Professional Conduct
645 South 200 East
Suite 205
Salt Lake City, UT 84111–3834
Phone: (801) 531-9110
Fax: (801) 531-9912
Professional Responsibility Board
c/o Costello Courthouse
32 Cherry Street
Suite 213
Burlington, VT 05401–7305
Phone: (802) 859-3000
Fax: (802) 859-3003
Bar Counsel
Virginia State Bar
1111 East Main Street
Suite 700
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 775-0500
Fax: (804) 775-0597
Director of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Washington State Bar Association
1325 Fourth Avenue
Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98101–2539
Phone: (206) 727-8207
Fax: (206) 727-8325
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
4700 MacCorkle Avenue S.E.
Suite 1200C
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: (304) 558-7999
Fax: (304) 558-4015
Office of Lawyer Regulation
110 East Main Street
Suite 315
Madison, WI 53703–3383
Toll-Free: (877) 315-6941
Phone: (608) 267-7274
Bar Counsel
Wyoming State Bar
4124 Laramie Street
P.O. Box 109
Cheyenne, WY 82003–0109
Phone: (307) 632-9061
Fax: (307) 632-3737
Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
P.O. Box 336
Frederiksted, VI 00841
Phone: (340) 693-4127
Fax: (340) 772-0004