James A. Doppke, Jr.
Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke, LLC
I am a partner at the Chicago-based law firm of Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke, LLC. Since 2013, I have focused my practice on professional responsibility issues, including disciplinary defense and bar admissions, as well as providing consultations on legal ethics issues. Before joining my current firm, I served as Senior Counsel for the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. In that role, I was responsible for investigating and prosecuting numerous cases of attorney misconduct. Additionally, I have been involved in delivering many MCLE- and PMCLE-accredited programs on legal ethics issues at various conferences, including those hosted by the ABA and ISBA.
Before my tenure at the ARDC, I worked as a staff attorney at a legal aid agency in Will County. I hold a law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and earned my B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.
- Legal Malpractice
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of Illinois
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke, LLC
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- Counsel
- Robinson Law Group, LLC
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- Senior Counsel
- ARDC
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- Staff Attorney
- Will County Legal Assistance Program, Inc.
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- Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- J.D. (1995)
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- University of Notre Dame
- B.A. (1992) | English, Classical Greek
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- Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
- Member
- Current
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- Illinois State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Chicago Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Co-Chair, Professional Responsibility Committee (2020-2023)
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- ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
- Member
- Current
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- Episode 23: Jim Doppke on the Ethics of Legal Tech (and the Duty to Supervise Robots)
- Technically Legal Podcast
- Is Nonlawyer Ownership of Legal Service Providers Really That Bad? (Ethics Attorney Jim Doppke)
- Technically Legal Podcast
- Jim Doppke on the Ethics of Legal Tech and the Duty to Supervise Robots (2019)
- Technically Legal Podcast
- Lawyers Duty of Technology Competence (2020 Edition) With Jim Doppke
- Technically Legal Podcast
- What We Could Be Now: Civility and Ethics 2025, Justia Webinars
- Justia
Episode 1 Jim Doppke on Lawyers’ Duty of Technology Competence
In our inaugural episode, legal ethics attorney Jim Doppke of Chicago’s Robinson Law Group discusses changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct (ethics rules for lawyers) addressing the impact of...
Jim Doppke on the Ethics of Legal Tech and the Duty to Supervise Robots (2019)
Legal ethics attorney Jim Doppke returns for an encore appearance to discuss the impact that legal tech and legal innovation have on the Rules of Professional Conduct and other rules...
Is Nonlawyer Ownership of Legal Service Providers Really That Bad? (Ethics Attorney Jim Doppke)
Ethics attorney Jim Doppke makes his fourth appearance on the show to discuss the pros and cons of liberalizing legal ethics rules like Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4 that...
Lawyers’ Duty of Technology Competence (2020 Edition) With Jim Doppke
Ethics attorney Jim Doppke returns to Technically Legal to talk legal ethics and technology. Jim is a former prosecutor for the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission and is now...
