Year BookThe Association, 1917 - Bar associations List of members in each volume except 1929/30-1931/32. |
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administration of justice ALBERT amended annual meeting Bar Association century Chairman CHARLES client Committee on Admissions Committee on Legal common law counsel duty East Orange EDWIN equity FREDERICK GASKILL GEORGE Hackensack Hardin HENRY Holly honor interests JAMES JERSEY STATE BAR JOHN JOSEPH Judge Judicial District June JUNE 17 law and morals lawyer Legal Biography legal profession legislative LEWIS STARR litigation membership Morristown N. J. Atlantic City N. J. Bridgeton N. J. Camden N. J. East Orange N. J. Hoboken N. J. Jersey City N. J. Mt N. J. New Brunswick N. J. Newark N. J. Paterson N. J. Plainfield N. J. Somerville N. J. Trenton N. J. Vineland N. J. Woodbury Ocean county Perth Amboy Phillipsburg Plainfield political practice professional RICHARD ROBERT safety and happiness Secretary social SUMMERILL tion Toms River trial Vice Chancellor Vredenburgh WAYNE DUMONT WILLIAM WILLIAM D
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Page 90 - The conduct of the lawyer before the court and with other lawyers should be characterized by candor and fairness. It is not candid or fair for the lawyer knowingly to misquote the contents of a paper, the testimony of a witness, the language or the argument of opposing counsel, or the language of a decision or a textbook...
Page 88 - The office of attorney does not permit, much less does it demand of him for any client, violation of law or any manner of fraud or chicane. He must obey his own conscience and not that of his client.
Page 94 - 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 87 - Property. Money of the client or other trust property coming into the possession of the lawyer should be reported promptly, and except with the client's knowledge and consent should not be commingled with his private property or be used by him.
Page 86 - 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.
Page 88 - Nothing operates more certainly to create or to foster 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 of questionable transactions, that It is the duty of the lawyer to do whatever may enable him to succeed in winning his client's cause.
Page 87 - In fixing fees it should never be forgotten that the profession is a branch of the administration of justice and not a mere money-getting trade.
Page 41 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.
Page 92 - ... grounds of action in order to secure them as clients, or to employ agents or runners for like purposes, or to pay or reward, directly or indirectly, those who...
Page 89 - The client can not 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.