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Opinion 24-02 |
Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Of Counsel Designation
A law firm may use the terms “senior counsel,” “special counsel,” or “counsel,” as well as “of counsel,” to designate lawyers with whom a firm has a close, regular, and personal relationship. Where a lawyer is “senior counsel,” “special counsel,” “counsel,” or “of counsel” to more than one law firm, those law firms will generally be considered as a single firm for purposes of attribution of conflicts of interest and disqualification.
- Opinion 22-04 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Of Counsel Designation
- Opinion 20-04 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Of Counsel Designation
- Opinion 16-01 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Law Firms | Multijurisdictional Practice
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Opinion 03-03 |
Advertising and Solicitation | Law Firm Name and Letterhead
Resolution of the conflict between Supreme Court Rule 714 and Rule 7.4 favors Rule 714 as the more recent. A lawyer may list the certification "Capital Litigation Trial Bar" on letterhead without the disclaimer that "the Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law."
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Opinion 03-02 |
Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Of Counsel Designation
A law firm’s name may not imply partnership where no actual partnership arrangement exists. A law firm’s name may not mislead the public. A law firm’s name may not contain the name of a partner who withdraws from the firm to join another law firm. A law firm’s name may contain the name of a retired partner or one who has an “of counsel” relationship to the firm, provided the firm takes reasonable steps to show that partner’s status.
- Opinion 89-06 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead
- Opinion 87-01 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Nonlawyer Assistants
- Opinion 86-08 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Opinion 85-07 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Opinion 85-02 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead
- Opinion 865 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead
- Opinion 84-10 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead
- Opinion 736 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead
- Opinion 709 | Law Firm Name and Letterhead