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Opinion 03-05 |
Advertising and Solicitation | Dual Professions
Attorney may list non-legal accreditation on attorney business card.
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Opinion 98-03 |
Business Transactions With Clients | Conflict of Interest | Dual Professions
Patent law firm may not provide or receive a royalty-type fee for services matching client-inventors with client-product promoters, unless the firm can rebut the presumption of undue influence and the firm obtains informed written consent of all affected clients to the fee arrangement, to the potential disclosure of confidential information, and to the inherent conflicts of interest. The specific facts of particular situations may make consent to certain conflicts of interest unreasonable. Any fees for such services must be fair and reasonable to the clients.
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Opinion 97-07 |
Business Transactions With Clients | Dual Professions
Lawyers may form a company to provide legal publication notice services as long as legal services are conducted in accordance with the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Opinion 93-01 |
Business Transactions With Clients | Dual Professions
Attorney may provide legal services and conduct title insurance business as agent so long as legal services are conducted in compliance with the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Opinion 92-05 |
Arbitration and Mediation | Dual Professions
There is no prohibition against lawyer engaging in divorce mediation business with a non-lawyer and operating the business from the law office where lawyer does not represent either party in the underlying divorce
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Opinion 90-32 |
Business Transactions With Clients | Dual Professions
Lawyer who is also an insurance and investment professional: may advertise insurance and investment business, but if advertising discloses status as a lawyer it must comply with rules governing lawyer advertising and solicitation; may accept legal employment from insurance and investment customers; and may sell insurance and investment products to legal clients with disclosure and consent; but may not agree with legal clients who are also insurance and investment customers that insurance or investment advice cannot be considered legal advice.
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Opinion 90-16 |
Dual Professions
Lawyer may operate business of providing economic analyses in conjunction with law practice from existing law office.
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Opinion 85-03 |
Dual Professions
Practice of law and accounting in same office now permissible due to repeal of Code section that required physical separation of dual practices.
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Opinion 84-14 |
Business Transactions With Clients | Dual Professions
A lawyer who is a real estate broker may not, nor may an associate lawyer, act as lawyer for a customer or for the other party to the transaction without consent after full disclosure. Such representation may also violate the Illinois Real Estate License Act of 1983.
