Important Development For Companies With In-House Counsel In Illinois
02/11/2004The Illinois Supreme Court has adopted new rules, effective July 1, 2004, regulating the practice in Illinois of in-house counsel who are not admitted to practice in that state. The new requirements, found in Supreme Court Rules 706(e) and 716, require lawyers “employed in Illinois” as in-house counsel, and who are not members of the Illinois bar, to obtain a limited license to practice law, pay an annual registration fee and submit to the disciplinary authority of the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission. The new rules are primarily directed at in-house counsel whose office is in Illinois. The new rules also impose responsibilities on employers of such in-house counsel, including the duty to advise the Clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court if the employment of a lawyer subject to the rules has terminated.
Visit http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/Rules/MRAmend021104.htm, to access the new rules in their entirety.
