it’s my belief she opted for voluntarily inactive in lieu of disbarment; either she didn’t keep up her legal insurance or she did fail to continue with Continuing Legal Education;both most likely required of the law firm she was employed with in Chicago at the time. She ran right to Val Jarrett’s arms & Mayor Daley. Then she went on to the hospital in Chicago;both positions not requiring her to do both.
There was never any disiplinary action taken against her. Lawyers who cease to practice law while doing something else usually go to an inactive status so they don’t have to continue paying dues or take CLEs. All she has to do is reapply, pay dues and catch up on her CLEs.
You shouldn’t read anything more into it.