ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinions

  • Communication with Represented Person : Opinion # 19-04
  • Sharing discovery materials with criminal defendant client : Opinion # 13-10
  • Duties and obligations of departing law firm associate : Opinion # 12-14
  • Missing client : Opinion # 03-04
  • Former client access to lawyer’s file : Opinion # 01-01
  • Lawyer inadvertently receives confidential information from opposing party : Opinion # 98-04
  • Duty to disclose information about referring lawyer’s practice : Opinion # 96-11
  • Attorney communication with client spouse who is a judge : Opinion # 92-21
  • Departing firm associate communications with client and entitlement to fees : Opinion # 86-16

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.