 ... popular prejudice against lawyers as a class, and to deprive the profession of that full measure of public esteem and confidence which belongs to the proper discharge of its duties than does the false claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense...  Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting - Page 254by California Bar Association - 1920Full view - About this book
 | New Jersey State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1927 - 192 pages
...claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense of questionable transactions, that it is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed...his cause. The lawyer owes "entire devotion to the interst of the client, warm zeal in the maintenance and defense of his rights and the exertion of his... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 700 pages
...should not admit. He should not, either in argument to the Court or in address to the jury, assert his personal belief in his client's innocence, or in the justice of his cause, or as to any of the facts involved in the matter under investigation. (4) He should never seek to privately... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1923 - 944 pages
...cause. This rule is expressed in the code of ethics adopted by the American Bar Association, as follows: "It is improper for a lawyer to assert in argument...client's innocence or in the justice of his cause." Strict compliance with this rule by attorneys who defend, as well as by those who prosecute, would... | |
 | Jane Handler - Legal aid - 1966 - 96 pages
...that he must never step beyond the bounds of the law, engage in any manner of fraud or chicanery, or assert in argument his personal belief in his client's innocence or in the justice of his cause. Canon 27: Advertising, Direct or Indirect This canon prohibits solicitation of professional employment... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1924 - 604 pages
...claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense of questionable transactions, that it is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed in winning his client's cr.use. It is improper for a lawyer to assert in argument his personal belief in his client's innocence... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1928 - 642 pages
...claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense of questionable transactions, that it is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed in winning his client's cr.use. It is improper for a lawyer to assert in argument his personal belief in his client's innocence... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1925 - 546 pages
...claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense of questionable transactions, that it is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed in winning his client's cr.use. It is improper for a lawyer to assert in argument his personal belief in his client's innocence... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1922 - 606 pages
...claim, often set up by the unscrupulous in defense of questionable transactions, that it is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed in winning his client's cf.use. It is improper for a lawyer to assert in argument his personal belief in his client's innocence... | |
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