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Opinion 23-02 |
Division of Fees | Law Firm Partnership and Employment Agreements | Restrictions on a Lawyer’s Practice
Under Rule 1.5(e), a law firm may agree to share fees with a retired partner as part of a retirement agreement. However, Rules 1.5(e) and 5.6 bar the firm from requiring that a lawyer or the lawyer’s new firm continue to share fees with the retired partner after the lawyer has left the firm.
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Opinion 21-04 |
Division of Fees | Referral Fees and Arrangements
An Illinois lawyer may enter into a fee-sharing agreement with an out-of-state lawyer who refers a personal injury case to the Illinois lawyer so long as the agreement complies with the applicable Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct and the corresponding rules of the foreign jurisdiction.
- Opinion 16-04 | Conflict of Interest | Division of Fees | Fees and Expenses | Of Counsel Designation
- Opinion 15-04 | Division of Fees | Referral Fees and Arrangements
- Opinion 12-11 | Discharge of Lawyer | Division of Fees | Fees and Expenses
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Opinion 06-02 |
Advertising and Solicitation | Division of Fees | Unauthorized Practice of Law
A lawyer is responsible for marketing firm’s conduct that would be in violation of the Rules of professional Conduct if engaged in by a lawyer, if the lawyer orders or ratifies such conduct.
Marketing firm, retained by a law firm, may distribute advertisements promoting the firm to potential clients through the mail, by posting on electronic bulletin boards and by delivering promotions door-to-door, but it may not have personal contact with the recipients in its distribution of the advertisements.
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Opinion 03-06 |
Contingent Fees | Division of Fees | Prosecutors
Law firm can properly pay former partner share of contingent fee earned after partner left firm to become State’s Attorney as long as payment is part of separation agreement under Rule 1.5(j) and payment does not violate public policy concerns; former partner’s disqualification from private practice as State’s Attorney does not bar payment to former partner of share of fee earned by firm after partner withdrew when paid as part of separation agreement; former partner sharing fee under Rule 1.5(j) need not retain responsibility for matter, share fee proportionally to service performed,
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Opinion 01-05 |
Arbitration and Mediation | Division of Fees | Referral Fees and Arrangements
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Opinion 98-02 |
Division of Fees | Temporary Lawyers
- Opinion 97-06 | Advertising and Solicitation | Division of Fees
- Opinion 96-04 | Advertising and Solicitation | Division of Fees | Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Opinion 94-12 | Advertising and Solicitation | Division of Fees | Referral Fees and Arrangements
- Opinion 94-11 | Advertising and Solicitation | Division of Fees
- Opinion 91-03 | Division of Fees | Fees Paid by Third Party | Referral Fees and Arrangements
- Opinion 90-20 | Division of Fees | Unauthorized Practice of Law