ISBA Ethics Opinions on Impaired Lawyer | Illinois State Bar Association

Opinion 96-11 | Communication With Client | Impaired Lawyer
Duty to disclose information about referring lawyer’s practice

Lawyer, who represents clients transferred to him by another lawyer, owes no legal duty to the transferring lawyer or to the clients involved to inform the clients of the resumption of practice by the transferring lawyer who previously suspended his practice while temporarily physically incapacitated.
Opinion 92-12 | Confidentiality | Impaired Lawyer | Reporting Lawyer Misconduct
Duty to report age impaired incompetent lawyer

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