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Sen. Michael Noland
Filed: 3/21/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2735
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2735 on page 9, by |
| 3 | | replacing lines 4 through 10 with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 9. Voluntary disqualification of attorneys |
| 5 | | representing parties pursuant to a collaborative participation |
| 6 | | agreement.
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| 7 | | (a) Voluntary disqualification of collaborative attorneys |
| 8 | | and other professionals representing parties under a |
| 9 | | collaborative participation agreement is a defining |
| 10 | | characteristic of the collaborative law process. Participation |
| 11 | | in a collaborative law process is a voluntary act by the |
| 12 | | parties as well as by their attorneys. Except as otherwise |
| 13 | | provided in subsection (c), a collaborative lawyer operating |
| 14 | | under a limited scope liability agreement, as defined by |
| 15 | | Illinois Supreme Court Rules 11, 13, and 137, not to engage in |
| 16 | | litigation agrees to be voluntarily disqualified
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