1990 Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct
(a) In appearing in a professional capacity
before a tribunal, aA lawyer shall not
knowingly:
(1) make a false statement
of material fact or law to a tribunal
or fail to correct a
false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by
which the lawyer knows or
reasonably should know is false;
(2) fail to disclose to a tribunal a material
fact known to the lawyer when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting a
criminal or fraudulent act by the client;
(3) (2)
fail to disclose to the tribunal legal authority in the controlling
jurisdiction known to the lawyer to be directly adverse to the position of
the client and not disclosed by opposing counsel;
(4) (3)
offer evidence that the lawyer knows to be false. If a lawyer,
the lawyer's client, or a witness called by the lawyer,
has offered material evidence and
the lawyer comes to know of its falsity, the lawyer shall take
reasonable remedial measures;
(5) participate in the creation or preservation
of evidence when the lawyer knows or reasonably should know the evidence is
false;
(6) counsel or assist the client in conduct the
lawyer knows to be illegal or fraudulent;
(7) engage in other illegal conduct or conduct
in violation of these Rules;
(8) fail to disclose the identities of the
clients represented and of the persons who employed the lawyer unless such
information is privileged or irrelevant;
(9) intentionally degrade a witness or other
person by stating or alluding to personal facts concerning that person which
are not relevant to the case;
(10) in trial, allude to any matter that the
lawyer does not reasonably believe is relevant or that will not be supported
by admissible evidence, assert personal knowledge of facts in issue except
when testifying as a witness, or state a personal opinion as to the justness
of a cause, the credibility of a witness, the culpability of a civil
litigant or the guilt or innocence of an accused, but a lawyer may argue, on
analysis of evidence, for any position or conclusion with respect to the
matter stated herein;
(11) refuse to accede to reasonable requests of
opposing counsel that do not prejudice the rights of the client;
(12) fail to use reasonable efforts to restrain
and to prevent clients from doing those things that the lawyer ought not to
do;
(13) suppress any evidence that the lawyer or
client has a legal obligation to reveal or produce;
(14) advise or cause a person to become
unavailable as a witness by leaving the jurisdiction or making secret their
whereabouts within the jurisdiction; or
(15) pay, offer to pay, or acquiesce in the
payment of compensation to a witness contingent upon the content of the
witness' testimony or the outcome of the case, but a lawyer may advance,
guarantee, or acquiesce in the payment of expenses reasonably incurred in
attending or testifying, and a reasonable fee for the professional services
of an expert witness.
(b) A lawyer who represents a client in an adjudicative proceeding and who knows that a person intends to engage, is engaging or has engaged in criminal or fraudulent conduct related to the proceeding shall take reasonable remedial measures, including, if necessary, disclosure to the tribunal.
(b) (c)
The duties stated in paragraphs (a)
and (b) are continuinge
duties
to the conclusion of the proceeding,
and apply even if compliance requires disclosure of information otherwise
protected by Rule 1.6.
(c) A lawyer may refuse to offer evidence that
the lawyer reasonably believes is false.
(d) In an ex parte proceeding, a lawyer shall inform
the tribunal of all material facts known to the lawyer which
that will enable the tribunal to make an
informed decision, whether or not the facts are adverse.
Adopted February 8, 1990, effective
August 1, 1990.