Legal Opinion
Adams v. Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 4, 1984No. Nos. 84 C 3548, 84 C 4771, 84 C 5179 and 84 C 5711PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, District Judge.
I. Background
This is an action challenging the constitutionality of an Illinois rule of professional responsibility governing the initiation of contact between an attorney and a potential client. The rule allows initiation of contact by attorneys through
written communication distributed generally to persons not known in a specific matter to require such legal services as the lawyer offers to provide but who in general might find such services to be useful____
Illinois Disciplinary Rule 2-103(b)(2) (1984). This rule became effective on May 1, 1984.…
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