1990 Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct

RULE 6.2   Accepting Appointments [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 seek to avoid appointment by a tribunal to represent a person except for good cause, such as:

(a)    representing the client is likely to result in violation of these Rules of Professional Conduct or other law;

(b)    representing the client is likely to result in an unreasonable financial burden on the lawyer; or

(c)    the client or the cause is so repugnant to the lawyer as to be likely to impair the client-lawyer relationship or the lawyer's ability to represent the client.

Adopted February 8, 1990, effective August 1, 1990.