Manners are of more importance than laws.
Upon them, in a great measure the laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. This misbehavior might occur at a deposition, over the phone, in a letter, or even in court. Most often the conduct in question does not rise to an ethical violation. When our office receives complaints concerning clear examples of incivility and unprofessional behavior on the part of an attorney that do not rise to an ethical violation, we find that these complaints are often filed by one attorney against another, usually after a round of name calling and swearing at a deposition or after an occasion of other rude behavior, harsh language, or bad manners during or after a court hearing.