ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions

  • Lawyer receiving fee for referring client to investment advisor : Opinion # 23-03
  • Lawyer owner and officer of financial institution serving as counsel to municipality which does business with financial institution : Opinion # 13-04
  • Lawyer acting as a trust administrator for, and being compensated by, investment trust company : Opinion # 99-06
  • Lawyer paid fees for making referrals between inventor clients and product promoter clients : Opinion # 98-03
  • Fee for referring clients to other nonlawyer professionals : Opinion # 97-04
  • Lawyer owned corporation preparing and placing public notice advertisements : Opinion # 97-07
  • Lawyer as title insurance agent : Opinion # 93-01
  • Soliciting clients to become customers of lawyers business : Opinion # 90-02
  • Lawyer acting as insurance and investment professional : Opinion # 90-32
  • Lawyer as insurance agent : Opinion # 89-14
  • Lawyer as real estate broker, or members of lawyer’s firm, representing lawyer/broker’s real estate customers : Opinion # 84-14
  • Lawyer member of Attorney’s Title Guaranty Fund using ATG services while representing seller of real estate : Opinion # 841

ISBA Advisory Opinions on Professional Conduct are prepared as an educational service to members of the ISBA. While the opinions express the ISBA interpretation of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct and other relevant materials in response to a specific hypothesized fact situation, they do not have the weight of law and should not be relied upon as a substitute for individual legal advice. For more information, call the ISBA Legal Department at (217) 525-1760 or (800) 252-8908.