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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB1883
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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from Ch. 13, par. 1 |
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Amends the Attorney Act. Provides that no entity shall receive any compensation directly or indirectly for any legal services other than a regular licensed attorney. Provides that an unlicensed person or entity may not advertise or hold himself, herself, or itself out to provide legal services or own, conduct, or maintain a facility to provide legal services. Provides that a person or entity advertising or holding himself, herself, or itself out to provide legal services is guilty of contempt of court.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1883 |
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LRB094 10826 LCB 41321 b |
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| AN ACT concerning attorneys.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Attorney Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 1 as follows:
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| (705 ILCS 205/1) (from Ch. 13, par. 1)
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| Sec. 1. No person shall be permitted to practice as an |
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| attorney or
counselor at law within this State without having |
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| previously obtained a
license for that purpose from the Supreme |
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| Court of this State.
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| No person or entity shall receive any compensation directly |
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| or indirectly for any
legal services other than a regularly |
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| licensed attorney , nor may an unlicensed person or entity |
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| advertise or hold himself, herself, or itself out to provide |
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| legal services or own, conduct, or maintain a facility to |
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| provide legal services .
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| A license, as provided for herein, constitutes the person |
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| receiving the
same an attorney and counselor at law, according |
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| to the law and customs
thereof, for and during his good |
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| behavior in the practice and authorizes
him to demand and |
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| receive fees for any services which he may render as an
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| attorney and counselor at law in this State. No person shall be |
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| granted
a license or renewal authorized by this Act who has |
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| defaulted on an
educational loan guaranteed by the Illinois |
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| Student Assistance Commission;
however, a license or renewal |
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| may be issued to the aforementioned persons
who have |
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| established a satisfactory repayment record as determined by |
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| the
Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
No person shall be |
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| granted a license or renewal authorized by this Act who is
more |
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| than 30 days delinquent in complying with a child support |
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| order; a license
or renewal may be issued, however, if the |
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| person has
established a satisfactory repayment record as |