ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions

  • Representing business parters in same partnership adverse to each other in an arbitration proceeding : Opinion # 13-02
  • Lawyer likely to be disqualified as necessary witness at trial may continue to represent client up until trial : Opinion # 11-05
  • Concurrent representation of physician and co-defendant hospital in unrelated matters : Opinion # 09-02

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.