Economic Opportunity Act: Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, First Session ... Hearing Held in New Orleans, La., May 24, 1971 |
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... organizations . I am a member of the Ethics Committee of the American Bar Association . I am not representing their views . I am a member of the board of the LADS organization , Austin , Tex . , and I am sure I am not necessarily ...
... organizations . I am a member of the Ethics Committee of the American Bar Association . I am not representing their views . I am a member of the board of the LADS organization , Austin , Tex . , and I am sure I am not necessarily ...
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... organization can be used for this purpose , nor shall the lawyer so engage in activities when he is not rep- resenting a client during the time he is employed or while he is serv- ing in the capacity of an attorney for legal aid . That ...
... organization can be used for this purpose , nor shall the lawyer so engage in activities when he is not rep- resenting a client during the time he is employed or while he is serv- ing in the capacity of an attorney for legal aid . That ...
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... organizations in carrying out such activities . Mr. FORD . Professor Sutton , this section is especially more bother- some to me perhaps than to you . I have found it totally repugnant to have this kind of a bill in which we suggest ...
... organizations in carrying out such activities . Mr. FORD . Professor Sutton , this section is especially more bother- some to me perhaps than to you . I have found it totally repugnant to have this kind of a bill in which we suggest ...
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... organization whose representation has not been authorized by the board , and before class actions can be instituted by staff attorneys . The statement of the executive committee said in part : " We feel that the Board of Directors of ...
... organization whose representation has not been authorized by the board , and before class actions can be instituted by staff attorneys . The statement of the executive committee said in part : " We feel that the Board of Directors of ...
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... organization unless the board sets only broad policies and there is no interference in the relationship of the lawyer and the individual client he serves . Where a lawyer is employed by an organization , a written agreement that defines ...
... organization unless the board sets only broad policies and there is no interference in the relationship of the lawyer and the individual client he serves . Where a lawyer is employed by an organization , a written agreement that defines ...
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Page 78 - Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.
Page 40 - In determining the amount of the fee it is proper to consider: (1) The time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved...
Page 82 - I will employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to me such means only as are consistent with truth and honor, and will never seek to mislead the Judge or jury by any artifice or false statement of fact or law...
Page 60 - The right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by counsel. Even the intelligent and educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in the science of law. If charged with crime, he is incapable, generally, of determining for himself whether the indictment is good or bad. He is unfamiliar with the rules of evidence. Left without the aid of counsel he may be put on trial without a proper charge, and convicted upon incompetent evidence,...
Page 35 - ... his office, or to remunerate policemen, court or prison officials, physicians, hospital attaches or others who may succeed, under the guise of giving disinterested friendly advice, in influencing the criminal, the sick and the injured, the ignorant or others, to seek his professional services. A duty to the public and to the profession devolves upon every member of the Bar having knowledge of such practices upon the part of any practitioner immediately to inform thereof, to the end that the offender...
Page 40 - ... (3) The fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services. (4) The amount Involved and the results obtained. (5) The time limitations Imposed by the client or by the circumstances. (6) The nature and length of the professional relationship with the client (7) The experience, reputation, and ability of the lawyer or lawyers performing the services. (8) Whether the fee is fixed or contingent.
Page 52 - DR 5-105{C). (C) In the situations covered by DR 5-105 (A) and (B), a lawyer may represent multiple clients if it is obvious that he can adequately represent the interest of each and if each consents to the representation after full disclosure of the possible effect of such representation on the exercise of his independent professional judgment on behalf of each.
Page 53 - It is unprofessional to represent conflicting interests, except by express consent of all concerned given after a full disclosure of the facts. Within the meaning of this canon, a lawyer represents conflicting interests when, in behalf of one client, it is his duty to contend for that which duty to another client requires him to oppose.
Page 75 - PUBLIC INTEREST Courts exist to promote justice, and thus to serve the public interest. Their administration should be speedy and careful. Every judge should at all times be alert in his rulings and in the conduct of the business of the court, so far as he can, to make it useful to litigants and to the community. He should avoid unconsciously falling into the attitude of mind that the litigants are made for the courts instead of the courts for the litigants.
Page 64 - A lawyer should not ignore known customs or practice of the bar or of a particular court, even when the law permits, without giving timely notice to the opposing counsel. As far as possible, important agreements, affecting the rights of clients, should be reduced to writing; but it is dishonorable to avoid performance of an agreement fairly made because it is not reduced to writing, as required by rules of court.