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Opinion 22-03 |
Law Firms | Multijurisdictional Practice | Unauthorized Practice of Law
It does not violate the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct for an Illinois-licensed lawyer to practice Illinois law from a geographic location outside of Illinois where the Illinois lawyer is not licensed.
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Opinion 20-08 |
Law Firms | Multijurisdictional Practice | Nonlawyer Assistants | Unauthorized Practice of Law
An out-of-state lawyer who is applying for admission in Illinois may work as a lawyer, from an office in Illinois, on cases in state and federal courts to which she is already admitted to practice, as long as those state and federal jurisdictions permit such practice. The lawyer also may work on Illinois legal matters under appropriate supervision, with disclosure that she is not admitted to practice in Illinois.
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Opinion 20-01 |
Law Firms | Nonlawyer Assistants
An employing lawyer or law firm may allow a law school graduate awaiting the bar exam or admission to the bar to perform many of the services normally performed by licensed first year associates, other than appearing in a legal proceeding, provided that the graduate’s work is reviewed by a supervising lawyer who takes responsibility for the work product and that the graduate and employing lawyer or law firm do not make false or misleading statements to clients or others regarding the graduate’s status at the firm.
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Opinion 19-04 |
Communication With Client | Law Firms | Nonlawyer Assistants | Outsourcing Legal and Legal Support Services | Temporary Lawyers
An Illinois lawyer may “outsource” legal and legal support services relating to a matter provided the lawyer reasonably believes that the other lawyers’ and nonlawyers’ services will contribute to the competent and ethical representation of the client and reasonable measures are taken to protect client information and to avoid conflicts of interest. Disclosure to, and informed consent by, the client will ordinarily be required. Informed client consent is always required if the lawyer delegates or transfers complete or substantial responsibility for a matter to an unaffiliated lawyer.
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Opinion 95-02 |
Client Files | Law Firms
A lawyer no longer with a law firm may have access to closed files of that firm where the lawyer was in an attorney-client relationship with the client of the file in question.
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Opinion 90-06 |
Law Firms
It is not professionally improper for a law firm and a financial planning business to share certain space and facilities, so long as client confidences are preserved and there is no improper solicitation or division of fees.
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Opinion 86-16 |
Communication With Client | Law Firm Partnership and Employment Agreements | Law Firms
A departing associate and the firm may both seek the consent of the associate's clients to continued representation. Fees earned during the associate's employment by the firm should be divided according to the employment agreement, but that agreement may not require sharing of fees earned subsequent to withdrawal.
- Opinion 764 | Law Firms
