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Rule 1.11 Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employee
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Opinion 14-05 |
Conflict of Interest | Conflict of Interest - Personal Interests | Government Representation | Prosecutors
A State’s Attorney may represent his county in union negotiations while simultaneously calling law enforcement personnel as witnesses in criminal cases provided the attorney has completed an analysis of any conflicts of interest pursuant to Rule 1.7 of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Opinion 96-07 |
Government Representation
Lawyer who previously worked for DCFS as supervisor and not as lawyer may represent client in juvenile court provided (1) lawyer did not personally and substantially participate in same matter while at DCFS; and (2) lawyer did not acquire relevant confidential information about DCFS or about person adverse to his client that would be used against DCFS or against such person. Under appropriate circumstances DCFS or person adverse to client could waive objection to lawyer's representing client.
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Opinion 95-05 |
Conflict of Interest | Government Representation | Imputed Disqualification
It is not necessarily improper for a lawyer whose firm represents a city in defense of a variety of civil matters to undertake representation in unrelated matters of clients charged with violations of the Human Rights Ordinance of the city before its Human Rights Commission if both clients consent after full disclosure.
Any client of any lawyer in a law firm or of the firm itself is a client of every lawyer in the firm for the purpose of conflict of interest analysis.
Representation of a public body client in defense of various civil matters is directly adverse to the interests of that client in representation of another client before the Human Rights Commission, a creature of the city, empowered to enforce the city’s Human Rights Ordinance.
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Opinion 94-16 |
Government Representation | Prosecutors
A lawyer who represents criminal and traffic defendants may accept individual juvenile cases on behalf of the State's Attorney's Office as Special Prosecutor, but only with full disclosure and consent of any affected clients.
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Opinion 92-19 |
Prosecutors
It is improper for a part-time Assistant State's Attorney assigned to prosecute criminal matters to simultaneously or subsequently represent individual(s) in civil litigation arising out of a criminal matter he or she prosecuted.
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Opinion 92-16 |
Advertising and Solicitation | Referral Fees and Arrangements
Attorney practicing before Internal Revenue Service may not give reductions in fees to IRS agent before whom attorney practices in exchange for agent "doing what he could to further career of attorney."
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Opinion 88-07 |
Confidentiality | Former Client
It is professionally improper for an attorney to file an annexation lawsuit against a Village Board when the attorney has obtained confidential information in his previous position as Village Board Attorney regardless of whether this information is disclosed to the general public.
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Opinion 88-02 |
Imputed Disqualification | Screening
Vicarious disqualification does not occur if an attorney possessing a conflict is, upon joining a new office, appropriately "screened" from contact.
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Opinion 84-05 |
Government Representation | Imputed Disqualification | Prosecutors
It is professionally proper for a law firm to represent a claimant in a personal injury case where the defendant has criminal charges pending arising from the same factual situation and a member of the law firm representing the Plaintiff was a member of the State's Attorney's Office at the time the criminal charges were pending, but was not involved with prosecution or disposition.
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Opinion 852 |
Government Representation | Prosecutors
A part-time municipal attorney who prosecutes state traffic charges for violations alleged to have occurred within the municipality may represent defendants charged with violations of the State Traffic and Criminal Codes where the violations did not occur within the municipality which the attorney represents.
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Opinion 800 |
Former Judge | Imputed Disqualification
A former presiding judge is disqualified from any participation in matters in which he acted upon the merits in a judicial capacity.
Rule 1.11(a)
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Opinion 92-19 |
Prosecutors
It is improper for a part-time Assistant State's Attorney assigned to prosecute criminal matters to simultaneously or subsequently represent individual(s) in civil litigation arising out of a criminal matter he or she prosecuted.
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Opinion 92-16 |
Advertising and Solicitation | Referral Fees and Arrangements
Attorney practicing before Internal Revenue Service may not give reductions in fees to IRS agent before whom attorney practices in exchange for agent "doing what he could to further career of attorney."
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Opinion 91-22 |
Prosecutors
Lawyer who is a part time Assistant State's Attorney engaged in criminal work, may not represent defendants in criminal matters in a contiguous county absent appropriate consent if a conflict of interest exists.
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Opinion 91-01 |
Conflict of Interest | Prosecutors
It is not professionally improper for a part-time public defender and criminal defense lawyer in County A to accept individual cases from the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office to write briefs on behalf of the state involving criminal or civil matters, but only with full disclosure and consent of affected clients.
Rule 1.11(b)
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Opinion 92-19 |
Prosecutors
It is improper for a part-time Assistant State's Attorney assigned to prosecute criminal matters to simultaneously or subsequently represent individual(s) in civil litigation arising out of a criminal matter he or she prosecuted.
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Opinion 92-16 |
Advertising and Solicitation | Referral Fees and Arrangements
Attorney practicing before Internal Revenue Service may not give reductions in fees to IRS agent before whom attorney practices in exchange for agent "doing what he could to further career of attorney."