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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.
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Opinion 22-04 |
Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Of Counsel Designation
After restructuring as a professional limited liability company, a law firm may continue to use the names of its deceased or retired partners in its name provided that there has been a continuing succession in the firm’s identity. To be “of counsel” to a firm one must have a continuing and regular relationship with the firm.
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Opinion 20-04 |
Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Of Counsel Designation
Lawyers may state or imply that they practice in a partnership only when that is the fact. A law firm's name may not imply a partnership when none exists. A law firm's name must not mislead the public. But for limited exceptions, a law firm's name should not include the name of a non-practicing lawyer. To be of counsel to a firm one must have a continuing and regular relationship with the firm. To practice as a limited liability partnership, the partnership's name must end with one of several designations prescribed by statute.
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Opinion 16-01 |
Law Firm Name and Letterhead | Law Firms | Multijurisdictional Practice
A law firm organized as a professional corporation in a state other than Illinois, and registered as a law firm in its state of incorporation, is required to register as a law firm with the Illinois Supreme Court if one of its shareholders, admitted to the Illinois bar, practices law in Illinois in the name of the professional corporation.
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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
