ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions

  • Representing business parters in same partnership adverse to each other in an arbitration proceeding : Opinion # 13-02
  • Nonlawyer's representation of parties to a FINRA arbitration : Opinion # 13-03
  • Non Illinois licensed lawyer representing party in Illinois arbitration proceeding : Opinion # 12-17
  • Reporting lawyer misconduct while serving as an arbitrator or mediator : Opinion # 11-01
  • Mediator preparing post-mediation divorce documents for unrepresented spouse to file pro se : Opinion # 04-03
  • Mediation firm paying nonlawyers in exchange for case referrals : Opinion # 01-05
  • Lawyer engaged in divorce mediation business with nonlawyer : Opinion # 92-05

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.