Legal Opinion
In Re Peel
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 1989No. 66771PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ryan
Gary E. Peel is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois. In 1983, the respondent, Peel, began placing on his letterhead that he was certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). Rule 2 — 105(a) of the Illinois Code of Professional Responsibility prohibits an attorney from holding himself out as “certified” or a “specialist” other than in fields of admiralty, trademark, and patent law. (107 Ill. 2d R. 2 — 105(a).) A panel of the Hearing Board of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) recommended that the…
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