ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 8, 2002
     
    PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
     
    Complainant,
     
    v.
     
    G & M TOTAL, INC. and GEORGE
    PAPPAS, Individually and as President of G
    & M TOTAL, INC.,
     
    Respondent.
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    PCB 97-119
    (UST Enforcement)
     
     
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by W. A. Marovitz):
     
    On July 11, 2002, attorney for respondent, Thomas A. Robinson, filed a motion for
    permission to participate pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 707. For the reasons stated
    below, the motion is denied.
     
    Supreme Court Rule 707 states, in part:
     
    [A]n attorney . . . from any other jurisdiction in the United States . . . may
    in the discretion of any court of this State be permitted to participate before the
    court in the trial or argument of any particular cause in which, for the time being,
    he or she is employed.
     
    Section 101.400(a)(3) of the Board’s procedural rules states that “[a]ttorneys who are licensed to
    practice in a state other than Illinois and who are not licensed and registered to practice in the
    State of Illinois may request to appear
    pro hac vice
    on a particular matter on a motion filed with
    the Board.” 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.400(a)(3).
     
     
    Mr. Robinson states that he has represented the respondent since the case was filed. He
    was licensed to practice law in Illinois for 20 years, but has since removed himself from active
    license status in Illinois. Mr. Robinson does not state whether he is currently licensed to practice
    law in any state.
     
     
    Because it appears that Mr. Robinson is not currently licensed to practice law in any
    state, the Board cannot allow him to appear
    pro hac vice
    in this case. If he becomes licensed to
    practice law in another state, Mr. Robinson may file a motion to appear
    pro hac vice
    at that time.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
     
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on August 8, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
     
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
     
     

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