While our Rules of Professional Conduct no longer
require zealous advocacy, we should all strive to represent our clients with passion, devotion, enthusiasm and eagerness, and avoid assuming the role of crusader, fanatic, or militant partisan.
Not exact matches
3) Question: Yes, I told the judge that he was in «contempt of law» but I was admitted to the bar in 1990, when the ethics rules
required «
zealous advocacy.»
Part of the challenge, as Justice Campbell explains, is cultural, and due to the belief that «
zealous advocacy»
requires the pursuit of all information related to a matter.
While they still represent their clients with the
required «
zealous advocacy,» the tension and stress that goes along with their cases is eased by their friendship.
None of these cases are simple and each of them
require strategic litigation, many witnesses, competent expert testimony, and
zealous advocacy by an attorney who truly cares about the client.
In fact,
zealous advocacy usually
requires counsel to be on civil terms with opposing counsel.