An attorney may be disbarred for advising his client to attempt to influence the action of the court by newspaper articles intended to intimidate the judge.'

Abusing the Judge. An attorney may be disbarred for making a personal attack on the judge for his action as such."

Abusive language to a judge on the street concerning a case that is pending before him is a ground for disbarment."

Falsely and maliciously charging a county judge with falsifying the records of his court is a ground for disbarment."

Slandering another

Slandering Fellow Attorney. attorney to his client and endeavoring to induce the client to forsake the lawyer is a ground for disbarment."

Divorce Advertising. - Disbarment proceedings were instituted against an attorney for the repeated publication of the following advertisement: "Divorces legally obtained very quietly; good everywhere. Box 2344, Denver." The court held this to be an offense against good

1 Ex parte Cole, Federal Cases, No. 2, 973.

2 Beene v. State, 22 Arkansas, 149.

3 People v. Green, 7 Colorado, 237, 3 Pacific Reporter, 65, 49 American Reports, 351.

People v. Brown, 17 Colorado, 431, 30 Pacific Reporter, 338. 'Baker v. State, 90 Georgia, 153, 15 Southeastern Reporter,

morals, a false representation, and a libel on courts of justice, justifying the Supreme Court in striking the name of the offending attorney from the roll of attorneys.1

Bringing Unauthorized Suit. A husband applied to an attorney to bring a suit for divorce and was told that he had no right of action although the wife had. Later the attorney started suit for divorce in the name of the wife without her knowledge or consent. This was held to justify the attorney's disbarment."

§ 168. SUMMARY OF CHAPTER.

Disbarment and suspension are alternative punishments for misconduct of lawyers. To inflict either is discretionary with the court before which the charges are proven. A lawyer who has been disbarred or suspended may be reinstated for cause shown or at the expiration of the period. The causes for disbarment are commonly violation of oath of office, commission of offenses recognized by the common law as causes for disbarment, and offenses especially designated by statute.

1 People v. MacCabe, 18 Colorado, 186, 32 Pacific Reporter, 280, 36 American State Reports, 270; People v. Goodrich, 79 Illinois, 148.

2 Dillon v. State, 6 Texas, 55.

APPENDIX

1. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CANONS OF ETHICS

2. HOFFMAN'S FIFTY RESOLUTIONS IN REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL DEPORTMENT

3. A SCHEDULE OF LEGAL FEES

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CANONS OF ETHICS

THIS Code of Professional Ethics was adopted by the American Bar Association at Seattle, Washington, August 27, 1908. The Association also adopted the recommendation of the Special Committee having charge of drafting the Code to the effect that the subject of Professional Ethics be taught in all law schools, and that all candidates for admission to the bar be examined thereon.

In America, where the stability of courts and of all departments of government rest upon the approval of the people, it is peculiarly essential that the system for establishing and dispensing justice be developed to a high point of efficiency, and so maintained that the public shall have

absolute confidence in the integrity and impartiality of its administration. The future of the Republic, to a great extent, depends upon our maintenance of justice pure and unsullied. It cannot be so maintained unless the conduct and the motives of the members of our profession are such as to merit the approval of all just men.

No code or set of rules can be framed which will particularize all the duties of the lawyer in the varying phases of litigation or in all the relations of professional life. The following canons of ethics are adopted by the American Bar Association as a general guide, yet the enumeration of particular duties should not be construed as a denial of the existence of others equally imperative, though not specifically mentioned:

It is

1. The Duty of the Lawyer to the Courts. the duty of the lawyer to maintain towards the courts a respectful attitude, not for the sake of the temporary incumbent of the judicial office, but for the maintenance of its supreme importance. Judges, not being wholly free to defend themselves, are peculiarly entitled to receive the support of the bar against unjust criticism and clamor. Whenever there is proper ground for serious complaint of a judicial officer, it is the