Member Groups

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

  • Lawrence Templer, Jolivette & Templer PC, Chicago, Chair
  • Champ W. Davis, Davis McGrath LLC, Chicago, Vice-Chair
  • Sari W. Montgomery, RobinsonNiro LLC, Chicago, Secretary
  • Robert A. Creamer, Law Office of Robert A Creamer, Cambridge, Ex-Officio
  • Tawfiq I. Ali, Ali Law Practice LLC, Chicago, Member
  • Deane B. Brown, Beermann Pritikin Mirabelli Swerdlove LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Stephen L. Corn, Craig & Craig, Mattoon, Member
  • Michael P. Downey, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St Louis, Member
  • Mary K. Foster, Wilmette, Member
  • Robert J. Glenn, Costello McMahon Burke & Murphy Ltd, Chicago, Member
  • Diane F. Klotnia, Miller Shakman & Beem LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Phillip B. Lenzini, Kavanagh Scully Sudow White & Frederick, Peoria, Member
  • Richard C. Moenning, Offices of Richard C Moenning, Chicago, Member
  • David E. Morgans, Myers Carden & Sax LLC, Chicago, Member
  • April A. Otterberg, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Steven G. Pietrick, Stone & Johnson Chtd, Mount Prospect, Member
  • J. Scott Renfroe, Attorney Reg & Disciplinary Commission, Chicago, Member
  • Randall B. Rosenbaum, Champaign Public Defender, Urbana, Member
  • Daniel S. Rubin, Howard & Howard Attorneys LLC, Chicago, Member
  • Allison L. Wood, Legal Ethics Consulting PC, Chicago, Member
  • Christopher T. Hurley, Hurley McKenna & Mertz, Chicago, Board Liaison
  • Bailey E. Cunningham, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison
  • Charles J. Northrup, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison