ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions

  • Requests to produce lawyer business records including client trust account information : Opinion # 19-03
  • Maintenance of client files and records : Opinion # 17-02
  • Obligations when using cloud-based services : Opinion # 16-06
  • Maintenance of client files and records : Opinion # 12-06
  • Maintenance of client files and records : Opinion # 11-03 : Withdrawn
  • Former client access to lawyer’s file : Opinion # 01-01
  • Failure to pay legal fees, disposal of files : Opinion # 01-02
  • Access to client files after lawyer leaves firm : Opinion # 95-02
  • Duty to provide contents of client file : Opinion # 94-13
  • Duty to provide contents of client file : Opinion # 94-14

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.