This is from The Daily Beast piece on the lawsuit and Blaine's resignation 

"While it is unethical for a lawyer to pay a fee or give something of value in exchange or as a reward for a referral for legal services, it is neither illegal nor unethical for an attorney to make a donations to a non-profit, and it’s not yet clear in this case which occurred, legal experts told The Daily Beast.
If a court finds that the lawyers did violate the ethics rule, the attorney in question could face sanctions from his state’s high court, said Jim Grogan, deputy administrator and chief counsel of the Illinois Supreme Court’s Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission. “Anywhere from a reprimand all the way to disbarment and anything in between,” said Grogan, who could not speak on this specific case. "

And Petrus, as a reminder it was The Daily Beast. The reporter's name is Brandy Zadrozny if you want to flag her for being abusive and harassing you.