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Note: Resources associated with a meeting or hearing are located in the Meetings & Hearings section. Drafts available for public comment may be accessed in the Commission Drafts section.

Comments refer to documents submitted for review by the Commission. There are currently two categories of comments, including those based on the original 1990 Code and those based on the preliminary drafts of the new code. Additional categories of comments will be added during subsequent stages of rule development.



Comments on 1990 Code    |    Comments on Preliminary Draft of Code    |    Comments on Final Draft of Code


Comments on Final Draft of Code

ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
    Chair
    Kay Hodge

        Comment   (February 14, 2006)
          Canon 4, Rule 4.04(B)(3) and Comment [8]

        Summary



ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
    Chair
    Pamela J. Roberts

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence
    Chair
    Doreen D. Dodson

        Comment   (March 13, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



ABA Standing Committee on Professional Discipline



American Center for Law and Justice
    Walter M. Weber Senior Litigation Counsel

        Comment   (March 7, 2006)
          Rules 2.02, 2.12, 2.16, 3.04, 4.10 and 4.11



American Judicature Society



Association of Trial Lawyers of America
    President Kenneth M. Suggs

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)



Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago
    President Lela D. Johnson

        Comment   (March 15, 2006)
          Rule 4.04 (B)(3)



Caprathe, Judge William J.
        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Canon 2 and Rule 4.13

        Summary



Center for Constitutional Litigation
    Robert S. Peck President

        Comment   (March 28, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



Community Rights Counsel



Conger, Judge Julie
    Alameda County Superior Court Oakland, CA

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Canon 5

        Summary



Defense Research Institute
    Immediate Past President Richard T. Boyette

        Comment   (March 13, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



Equal Justice Society
    President Eva Paterson

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Canon 4



Johnson, William D.
        Comment   (April 4, 2006)
          Canon 2 and 3

        Summary



Loyola University Chicago Department of Criminal Justice



Massachusetts Bar Association
    President Warren Fitzgerald

        Comment   (March 13, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



McKoski, Judge Ray
    Circuit Judge Lake County, Illinois

        Comment   (February 10, 2006)
          Rule 5.01

          Summary

        Comment   (February 28, 2006)
          Rule 3.01

          Summary



Moore, Nancy J.
    Professor Boston University School of Law

        Comment   (January 30, 2006)
          Canon 1, 2 and 5

        Summary



National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
    President Amy Lin Meyerson

    Executive Director Les Jin

        Comment   (March 15, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



National Association of Women Judges
    Judge Vanessa Ruiz President

        Comment   (February 3, 2006)
          Canon 4

          Summary

        Comment   (March 15, 2006)
          Canon 4

          Summary



National Bar Association
    Reginald Turner, President, National Bar Association Judge Martha Sherrod, Chair, Judicial Council, NBA Paulette Brown, NBA Representative to ABA House of Delegates

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



National Foundation for Judicial Excellence
    President Lloyd H. Milliken, Jr.

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



National Judicial Education Program
    Director Lynn Hecht Schafran

        Comment   (February 11, 2006)
          Canon 2 and 4

        Summary

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Rule 4.04 (B)(3)



National Latina/Latino Law Student Association
    Attorney General Juan J. Redin

        Comment   (March 11, 2006)
          Canon 4

        Summary



National Organization of Bar Counsel, Inc.
    President Nancy L. Cohen

        Comment   (December 5, 2006)
          Canon 1



New York City Bar
    Chair, Joint Subcommitee Ron Minkoff

        Comment   (March 22, 2006)
          Canon 2 and Application Section

        Summary



New York State Lawyer Assistance Trust
    Director Barbara F. Smith

        Comment   (March 9, 2006)
          Canon 2

        Summary



Parness, Jeffrey
    Professor Northern Illinois University

        Comment   (February 16, 2006)
          Canon 2

        Summary




Philadelphia Bar Association Professional Responsibility Committee
    Co-chair Nancy Winkelman

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Canon 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

        Summary

        Comment   (March 31, 2006)
          Canon 3 and 4

 


Sherman, Judge Louis A.
    Chief Judge Norfolk General District Court

        Comment   (January 31, 2006)
          Canons 3, 4 and 5

        Summary

 


Waxse, Judge Dave
    U.S. Magistrate Judge Kansas City, KS

        Comment   (March 14, 2006)
          Rule 2.08

        Summary



Zemans, Frances Kahn



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