United States District Court
Northern District Of Illinois
Local Rules
LR83.58.5. Jurisdiction
Any lawyer practicing before this Court is subject to the disciplinary
authority of this Court although also engaged in practice elsewhere.
Committee Comment. In addition to the fact that Illinois lawyers practice in Illinois state
courts as well as in this Court, in modern practice lawyers frequently act outside
the territorial limits of the jurisdiction in which they are licensed to
practice, either in another state or outside the United States. In doing so, they
remain subject to the governing authority of this Court as well as the state
jurisdiction in which they are licensed to practice.
Where the lawyer is licensed to practice law before two courts which impose
conflicting obligations, applicable rules of choice of law may govern the
situation. This Court’s adoption of rules differing to some extent from the Illinois Rules has been
intended, to the maximum extent possible, to minimize, or avoid entirely, such
conflicting obligations.