People v. Santiago

Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

At issue in this case is Rule 4.2 of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct (134 Ill. 2d R. 4.2). Rule 4.2, known as the “no contact” rule, has been amended effective January 1, 2010, but at the relevant time provided that, “[djuring the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not communicate or cause another to communicate on the subject of the representation with a party the lawyer knows to be represented by another lawyer in that matter,” unless…