The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-04

duced to writing, as required by rules
of court.
% Professional Advocacy Other
/ Than Before Courts.-A lawyer openly,
and in his true character may render
professional services before legislative
or other bodies. regarding proposed leg
icIation and in advocacy of CLAIMS
before departments Of government
npon the same principles OF ethlcs
which Justify his appearance before the
courts: but it is unprofesslonal Tor d
LAWYER so engaged to conceal has attof
pevship, or to employ secret personal
solicitations, or to use means othel
than those addressed to reason and I'M
derstanding to influence action.
q Advertising Direct or Indirect.
The most worthy ard effective ad-
vert;sement possible, even for young
LAWYER, and especially with his brother
LAWYERS. is the establishment OF
weli-merited reputation for profes-
sional capacitv and fidelity to trust.
This can not be forced, but must be
the outcome of character and conduct
The publication or circulation OF Or
binary simple business cards, belng
matter of personal taste or local Gus
tom. and sometimes of convenience. IS
not per Sc improper But solicitation
Of business by circulars or advertise
ments, or by personal communications
or interviews not warranted by per-
sonal relations, is unprofesslonal. IL
is equally unprofessional to procure busl-
ness bv indirection through touters OF
anv kird, whether allied real estate
firms or trust companies advertising to
secure the drawing of deeds or wills
or offering retainers in exchange Tor
executorships or trusteeships to be in
1uepced by the lawyer. Indirect ad-
vertisement for business by furnishing
or inspiring newspaper comments con
corning causes in which the lawyer has
been or is engaged, or concerning the
manner of their conduct, the magnl-
tude of the interests involved, the i'm
portance of the lawyers positions, and
all other like self-laudation, defy the
traditions and lower the tone of our
nigh calling and are intolerable.
%. Stirring Up Litigation, Directly
or Through Agents.-It is unprofes-
sional for lawyer to volunteer ad-
vice to bring a lawsuit, except IN
rare cases where ties of blood, relation
ship or trust make it his duty to do so.
Stirring up strife and litigation is not
only unprofessional, but it is indictable
at common law. 1t is disreputable to
hunt up defects in titles or other causes
of action and inform thereof in order
to be employed to bring suit, or to
breed litigation by seeking out those
with claims for personal injuries or
those having any other grounds of
action in order to secure them as eli
ents. or to employ agents or runners
for like purposes, or to pay or reward,
directly or indirectly, those who bring
or influence the bringing of such cases
to his Office or to remunerate police
men, court or prison officials, physicians,
hospital attaches or others who may
succeed, under the guise of giving dis
interested friendly advice, in influence
ing the criminal, the sick and the in
iured, the ignorant or others, to seek
his professional services. A duty to
the public and the profession devolves
upon every member of the bar, having
knowledge of such practises upon the
part of any practitioner, Immediately
to inform thereof to the end that the
offender may be disbarred.
90. UNFOLDING the Honor of the Pro-
fession.-Lawyers should expose with
out fear or favor before the proper
tribunals corrupt or dishonest conduct
IN the profession, and should accept
without hesitation employment against
member of the bar who has wronged
his client. The counsel upon the trial
OF cause in which perjury has been
committed owe it to the profession and
to the public to bring the matter to
the knowledge of the prosecuting au-
thorities. The lawyer should aid in
guarding the bar against the. admission
to the profession of candidates unfit or
unqualified because deficient in either
moral character or education. He
should strive at all times to uphold the
honor and to maintain the dignity of
the profession and to improve not only
the law but the administration of JUS
| tice.
80 Justifable and Uniusti6able
Lllgatlons.-The lawyer must decline
| TO conduct civil cause or to make a
defense when convinced that if is in
| tented merely to harass or to iniure
| the opposite party or to work onnres
| SION or wrong. But otherwise it is his
| right and, having accepted retainer il
becomes his duty to insist upon the
judgment of the court as to the local
merits OF his clients claim. His an
Peafahee IN court should be deemed
equivalent to an assertion on his honor
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