Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jan. 22, 2021
The rise of incivility in the legal profession
Any argument that such behavior is excused by a lawyer’s duty to zealously advocate for his or her client must fall on deaf ears.
Dan Jacobson
Attorney
Phone: (714) 505-4872
Email: dlj@jacobsonlawyers.com
Dan Jacobson is a practicing attorney in Tustin; a law professor-emeritus; a retired Governor of the California Insurance Guarantee Association, having been appointed to that position by Congressman John Garamendi, when Congressman Garamendi was California's Insurance Commission; and, a recently retired member of California's Board of Accountancy, having been appointed to that position by Assembly-Speaker Anthony Rendon.
"Although we have not as yet reached the point where the participants at a deposition will be required to be licensed by the state boxing commission [citation], we note with dismay the ever growing number of cases in which most of the trappings of civility between counsel are lacking." Townsend v. Superior Court, 61 Cal. App. 4th 1431, 1438 (1998). Although 23 y...
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