Professional Conduct
The mission of the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct is
- To review the Rules of Professional Conduct to assure that its provisions adequately address matters of professional conduct and, when deemed necessary, to recommend proposed amendments to the Rules.
- In the committee's discretion, to prepare written advisory opinions on professional conduct in response to inquiries or comments from members relating to professional conduct, provided no such advisory opinion be published as an opinion of the Association until it has been approved by the Association President and/or the Board of Governors.
Consists of a chair, vice-chair, secretary and 15 additional members. A quorum of this committee shall be one-third of the active members.
Standing Committee Roster
- Robert A. Creamer, Law Office of Robert A Creamer, Cambridge, Chair
- Lawrence Templer, Jolivette & Templer PC, Chicago, Vice-Chair
- Champ W. Davis, Davis McGrath LLC, Chicago, Secretary
- William L. Broom, Barrett Twomey Broom Hughes & Hoke LLP, Carbondale, Ex-Officio
- David C. Ainley, Katz & Stefani LLC, Chicago, Member
- Tawfiq I. Ali, Ali Law Practice LLC, Chicago, Member
- Gregory M. Boyle, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Member
- Deane B. Brown, Beermann Swerdlove LLP, Chicago, Member
- Mr. Gawain Charlton-Perrin, CNA Insurance Company, Chicago, Member
- Stephen L. Corn, Craig & Craig, Mattoon, Member
- Mary K. Foster, Wilmette, Member
- Robert J. Glenn, Costello McMahon Burke & Murphy Ltd, Chicago, Member
- Patrick J. Kronenwetter, Wolin Kelter & Rosen Ltd., Glen Ellyn, Member
- Sari W. Montgomery, RobinsonNiro LLC, Chicago, Member
- David E. Morgans, Myers Carden & Sax LLC, Chicago, Member
- Steven G. Pietrick, Stone & Johnson Chtd, Mount Prospect, Member
- Christopher T. Hurley, Hurley McKenna & Mertz, Chicago, Board Liaison
- Melinda J. Bentley, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison
- Charles J. Northrup, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison