Discipline
Apr. 17, 2001
Good Guys
Lawyers are sheriffs of companies, the ethical backbones, the only things standing between companies and corporate anarchy. We should be examples of law-abidingness, scrupulous adherents to ethics rules.
When I was a litigator, I remember the vague notion of being an "officer of the court," which I believe was based on the principle that litigators could lie to anyone - opposing counsel, your client, even your family - with impunity. To anyone, that is, except the judge. Somehow, being an officer of the court seemed to require litigators to hold...
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