Year BookThe Association, 1918 - Bar associations List of members in each volume except 1929/30-1931/32. |
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action Admissions adopted affairs amendments amount APPENDIX appoint approved Atlantic City attorney Bar Association Bergen bill Board carried cause Chancellor CHARLES charter claim client Committee concerned constitution contract contractor corporation counsel County Court defense direct District duly duty EDWARD election engaged existing filed FRANK FREDERICK furnished GEORGE give granted held HENRY honor interest JAMES JOHN JOSEPH Judge judicial June justice known laborer lawyer legislative Legislature lien materials matters meeting motion municipality N. J. Atlantic City N. J. Camden N. J. Jersey City N. J. Newark N. J. Paterson N. J. Trenton notice paid party passed perform person practice prepared present President profession provisions question records referred relating resolution respect RICHARD ROBERT rule seconded Secretary suit term THOMAS tion trust Vice WALTER WILLIAM
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Page 117 - ... the lawyer's appearance for others in cases likely to arise out of the transaction, and in which there is a reasonable expectation...
Page 115 - It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is bound by all fair and honorable means, to present every defense that the law of the land permits, to the end that no person may be deprived of life or liberty, but by due process of law.
Page 120 - ... textbook; or, with knowledge of its invalidity, to cite as authority a decision that has been overruled, or a statute that has been repealed; or in argument to assert as a fact that which has not been proved...
Page 116 - Advising Upon the Merits of a Client's Cause. A lawyer should endeavor to obtain full knowledge of his client's cause before advising thereon, and he is bound to give a candid opinion of the merits and probable result of pending or contemplated litigation. The miscarriages to which justice is subject, by reason of surprises and disappointments in evidence and witnesses, and through mistakes of juries and errors of Courts, even though only occasional, admonish lawyers to beware of bold and confident...
Page 124 - Correspondingly, he advances the honor of his profession and the best interests of his client when he renders service or gives advice tending to impress upon the client and his undertaking exact compliance with the strictest principles of moral law.
Page 48 - Any city containing a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government, consistent with and subject to the Constitution and laws of this State...
Page 119 - ... should never minister to the malevolence or prejudices of a client in the trial or conduct of a cause. The client cannot be made the keeper of the lawyer's conscience in professional matters. He has no right to demand that his counsel shall abuse the opposite party or indulge in offensive personalities. Improper speech is not excusable on the ground that it is what the client would say if speaking in his own behalf.
Page 119 - Restraining Clients from Improprieties. A lawyer should use his best efforts to restrain and to prevent his clients from doing those things which the lawyer himself ought not to do, particularly with reference to their conduct towards Courts, judicial officers, jurors, witnesses and suitors. If a client persists in such wrong-doing the lawyer should terminate their relation.
Page 120 - Candor and Fairness. The conduct of the lawyer before the Court and with other lawyers should be characterized by candor and fairness.
Page 120 - It is unprofessional and dishonorable to deal other than candidly with the facts in taking the statements of witnesses, in drawing affidavits and other documents, and in the presentation of causes.
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| Title | Year Book |
| Author | New Jersey State Bar Association |
| Publisher | The Association, 1918 |
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