Illinois Compiled Statutes

705 ILCS 205/12 (2026)

When any counselor or attorney at law, residing in any other state or territory, may desire to practice law in this state, such counselor or attorney shall be allowed to practice in the several courts in this State upon the same terms and in the same manner that counselors and attorneys at law residing in this state now are or hereafter may be admitted to practice law in such other state or territory

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(705 ILCS 205/12) (from Ch. 13, par. 12)

Sec. 12.

When any counselor or attorney at law, residing in any other state
or territory, may desire to practice law in this state, such counselor or
attorney shall be allowed to practice in the several courts in this State
upon the same terms and in the same manner that
counselors and attorneys at law residing in this state now are or hereafter
may be admitted to practice law in such other state or territory.

(Source: P.A. 79-1361.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2020 · leading case: Colmar Ltd. v. Fremantlemedia North Am., Inc., 801 N.E.2d 1017 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003).

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Colmar Ltd. v. Fremantlemedia North Am., Inc., 801 N.E.2d 1017 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “707 (“[A]n attorney and counselor-at-law from any other jurisdiction in the United States, or foreign country, may in the discretion of any court of this State be permitted to participate before the court in the trial or argument of any particular cause in which, for the time…”

Mustafa v. Illinois Human Rights Comm'n, 2020 IL App (2d) 170040-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “¶ 17 Mustafa also argues that Felsen and Labuda have violated section 12 of the Attorney Act (705 ILCS 205/12 (West 2016)). The Attorney Act applies to attorneys seeking ongoing admission to the Illinois bar, not the temporary permission to appear in a single proceeding that is…”

Colmar, Ltd. v. Fremantlemedia North Am., Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “707 ("[A]n attorney and counselor-at-law from any other jurisdiction in the United States, or foreign country, may in the discretion of any court of this State be permitted to participate before the court in the trial or argument of any particular cause in which, for the time…”

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