1990 Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct
RULE 5.6 Restrictions on Right to
Practice
[revisions to 1990 Rule are
indicated as follows: text deleted from the 1990 Rule is shown by
strikethrough;
additions to the 1990 Rule are shown in red]
A lawyer shall not participate in offering or making:
(a) a partnership,
shareholders, operating, employment, or other similar type of
or employment agreement that restricts the rights
of a lawyer to practice after termination of a relationship, except an
agreement concerning either benefits upon retirement
or;
or
(b) an agreement in which a restriction on the
lawyer's right to practice is part of the settlement of a
client controversy between private
parties.
Adopted February 8, 1990, effective
August 1, 1990; amended May
23, 2005, effective immediately.