The Lawyer's Oath is a source of obligations and duties for every lawyer, and any violation thereof by an attorney constitutes a ground for disbarment, suspension or other disciplinary action. The Lawyer's Oath is a sacred trust that must be upheld and keep inviolable.
Lawyers are licensed officers of the courts empowered to appear, prosecute and defend the legal causes for their clients. As a consequence, peculiar duties, responsibilities and liabilities are devolved upon them by law. Neither vindictiveness nor harassment could be a substitute for resorting to the appropriate legal remedies. The aim of every lawsuit should be to render justice to the parties according to law, not to harass them. A lawyer shall observe and maintain the respect due to the courts and to the judicial officers and should insist on similar conduct by others; A lawyer shall not attribute to a judge motives not supported by the record or have no materiality to the case. Being an officer of the court, a lawyer must resist the whims and caprices of his clients and temper his client's propensities to litigate, so must he equally guard himself against his own impulses of initiating unfounded suits (A.C. 7474, September 09, 2014).
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