ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions

  • Class representative fee arrangement providing for additional compensation beyond court awarded amount : Opinion # 19-01
  • Fee for reduction of lien, common fund doctrine. : Opinion # 97-08
  • Improper to negotiate settlement check of missing client : Opinion # 95-11

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.