Professional Conduct

The mission of the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct is

  • To review the Illinois 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  relating to professional conduct, provided no such advisory opinion be published as an opinion of the Association until it has been approved by the  Board of Governors.

Consists of a chair, vice-chair, secretary and  additional members, all appointed by the President.  A quorum of this committee shall be one-third of the active members.

Committee Roster

  • David E. Hutchinson, Chicago, Chair
  • Christopher Raul Heredia, Chicago, Vice-Chair
  • Paige Anne-Marie Endsley Tungate, Saint Louis, Secretary
  • Barry I. Mortge, Buffalo Grove, Ex-Officio
  • Lacey Kathleen Boulware, Mirabella Kincaid Frederick & Mirabella LLC, Saint Charles, Member
  • Stephen L. Corn, Mattoon, Member
  • Robert A. Creamer, Cambridge, Member
  • William Easton, Jr., Mount Carmel, Member
  • Mary K. Foster, Ellison Bay, Member
  • Amanda J. Hamilton, Akerman LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Kathryne R. Hayes, Chicago, Member
  • David T. Holtermann, Chicago, Member
  • Joel M. Hurwitz, Chicago, Member
  • Britta Jane Johnson, Prairie State Legal Services, Dunlap, Member
  • Diane F. Klotnia, Chicago, Member
  • George E. Marifian, Belleville, Member
  • Hon. Charles D. Mockbee, IV, Danville, Member
  • Sari W. Montgomery, Chicago, Member
  • David E. Morgans, Lake Forest, Member
  • April A. Otterberg, Chicago, Member
  • Dennis A. Rendleman, Springfield, Member
  • J. Scott Renfroe, Chicago, Member
  • David Lawrence Sanders, Chicago, Member
  • Richard W. Zuckerman, Peoria, Member
  • J. Matthew Pfeiffer, Lisle, Board Liaison
  • Charles J. Northrup, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison