In the Matter of Dilloun Rademacher

• Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
• Decided: October 10, 2025
• Docket: 2025-0222-M.P.
• Status: Published

Opinion

Supreme Court

No. 2025-222-M.P.

In the Matter of Dilloun Rademacher. :

ORDER

On July 25, 2025, the Court’s Chief Disciplinary Counsel filed an Emergency

Petition for Immediate Interim Suspension and for the Appointment of Disciplinary

Counsel as Special Master pursuant to Article III, Rule 5(b)(6) of the Supreme Court

Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, against the respondent, Dilloun Rademacher, Esq.

The emergency petition came before a single justice of this Court, sitting as Duty

Justice. The respondent was directed by the Duty Justice to submit a response to the

emergency petition. On July 29, 2025, the respondent timely filed Respondent’s

Objection to Emergency Petition for Immediate Interim Suspension and for

Appointment of Disciplinary Counsel as Special Master.

After consideration of the emergency petition and respondent’s objection

thereto, an order dated July 29, 2025, was entered, temporarily suspending

respondent from the practice of law in this state on an emergency basis, effective

immediately, and until further order of the Court. The order also appointed, effective

immediately, Chief Disciplinary Counsel as temporary Special Master authorized to

take possession of respondent’s client files to inventory the same and to take

-1- whatever steps deemed necessary to protect the clients’ interests, including but not

limited to returning the files to the clients or new counsel of each client’s choice,

and to have full access to respondent’s former law office and files in order to carry

out her duties. The order stated that the emergency petition would be heard by the

full Court at its conference on September 4, 2025. The order also directed

respondent to comply with Article III, Rule 15 within ten days of the date of the

order. The respondent did not comply with the mandate of Article III, Rule 15 per

the July 29, 2025 order.

On September 3, 2025, respondent filed a second, different Respondent’s

Objection to Emergency Petition for Immediate Interim Suspension and for

This matter was presented before this Court at our conference held on

September 4, 2025. After consideration of Disciplinary Counsel’s emergency

petition and respondent’s two objections, the following is ordered:

1. In furtherance of protecting the public and maintaining the integrity of

the legal profession, it is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the

respondent remains temporarily suspended from the practice of law in

this state on an emergency basis, effective immediately and until further

order of this Court.

-2- 2. Chief Disciplinary Counsel remains temporary Special Master over the

respondent’s client files, authorized to take possession of the

respondent’s client files to inventory same and to take whatever steps

deemed necessary to protect the clients’ interests, including but not

limited to returning files to the clients or new counsel of each client’s

choice. Chief Disciplinary Counsel is authorized to have full access to

the respondent’s files and former office in order to carry out her duties.

3. Chief Disciplinary Counsel is hereby further appointed temporary

Special Master to take possession of the respondent’s clients’ accounts,

IOLTA accounts, business accounts and operating accounts. Regarding

the respondent’s banking accounts, the Special Master is given sole and

exclusive access to the following accounts heretofore controlled by the

respondent, either solely or jointly: business and operating accounts;

trust accounts, including special trust accounts; clients’ accounts;

IOLTA accounts; estate accounts; and any and all other accounts

related to the respondent’s law practice that he uses presently or has in

the past utilized for the deposit and maintenance of fiduciary and/or

clients’ funds and fee advances. The foregoing list of accounts shall

also include any accounts where the respondent serves as an agent,

special agent, trustee, personal representative, executor, power of

-3- attorney, or custodian. The Special Master shall have sole control over

these above-described accounts, to the exclusion of the respondent,

until further order of this Court. By this order, the Court prohibits the

respondent or any of his agents from withdrawing or transferring funds

from the aforementioned accounts.

4. The respondent is hereby ordered to comply with the mandate of Article

III, Rule 15 within ten (10) days of this order and the respondent’s

continued failure to comply with this mandate will be evidence of

contempt of court.

5. The respondent is hereby ordered to fully cooperate with Disciplinary

Counsel to effectuate the order of this Court.

Entered as an Order of this Court this 10th day of October 2025.

By Order,

/s/ Meredith A. Benoit Clerk

-4- STATE OF RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT – CLERK’S OFFICE Licht Judicial Complex 250 Benefit Street Providence, RI 02903

ORDER COVER SHEET

Title of Case In the Matter of Dilloun Rademacher.

Case Number No. 2025-222-M.P.

Date Order Filed October 10, 2025

Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Justices Long, JJ.

Source of Appeal N/A

Judicial Officer from Lower Court N/A

For Petitioner:

Kimberly Brissette Brown, Esq. Attorney(s) on Appeal Office of Disciplinary Counsel For Respondent:

Dilloun Rademacher, pro se

SU-CMS-02B (revised November 2022)