ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions

  • Use of the terms “senior counsel,” “special counsel,” and “counsel” to describe lawyers with whom a firm has a close, regular, and personal relationship : Opinion # 24-02
  • Use of Deceased or Retired Partners' Names in Firm Name and Proper Characterization of "Of Counsel" Relationship : Opinion # 22-04
  • Named partner in full-time nonlegal employment and no longer practicing law. : Opinion # 20-04
  • Applicability of fee division and conflict of interest rules in of counsel relationship : Opinion # 16-04
  • Continued practice after sale of law practice : Opinion # 07-02
  • Firm name implying partnership, referencing Of Counsel relationship : Opinion # 03-02
  • Network of affiliated law firms : Opinion # 840
  • Lawyer legislator as Of Counsel : Opinion # 817
  • Independent lawyers providing nonexclusive work to law firm : Opinion # 776

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.