 No lawyer is obliged to act either as adviser or advocate for every person who may wish to become his client. He has the right to decline employment. Every lawyer upon his own responsibility must decide what business he will accept as counsel, what causes...  Reports ... Proceedings - Page 33by Ohio State Bar Association - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1917 - 498 pages
...obliged to act either as adviser or advocate for every person who may wish to become his client. H"e has the right to decline employment. Every lawyer upon...what cases he will contest in court for defendants." We unqualifiedly accept and indorse the concise statement of the legal proposition as set forth in... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 1066 pages
...his own responsihility must decide what husiness he will accept as counsel, what causes he will hring into Court for plaintiffs, what cases he will contest in Court for defendants. The responsihility for advising questionahle transactions, for hringing questionahle suits, for urging... | |
 | South Dakota. Supreme Court - Court rules - 1918 - 804 pages
...obliged to act either as adviser or advocate for every person who may wish to become his client. He has the right to decline employment. Every lawyer upon...what cases he will contest in court for defendants." We unqualifiedly accept and indorse the concise statement of the legal proposition as set forth in... | |
 | Law - 1906 - 688 pages
...obliged to act either as adviser or advocate for every person whomay wish to become his client. He has the right to decline employment. Every lawyer upon...will accept as counsel, what causes he will bring inta court for plaintiffs, what cases he will contest in court for defendants. The responsibility for... | |
 | A. Leo Weil - Lawyers - 1908 - 32 pages
...the right to refuse retainers. Every lawyer must decide what business he will accept as counsellor, what causes he will bring into Court for plaintiffs,...questionable transactions, for bringing questionable is suits, for urging questionable defenses, is the lawyer's responsibility. He cannot escape it by... | |
 | American Bar Association. Committee to Draft Canons of Professional Ethics - 1908 - 140 pages
...'court for plaintiffs, what cases he 'Mill conduct in courts 'for defendants. It follows further that the responsibility 'for advising questionable transactions,...questionable suits, for urging questionable defenses, is the law'ye/s responsibility. He cannot escape it by urging, as 'an excuse, that he is only following his... | |
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