Alabama § 34-3-20 - Duties of Attorneys.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 34-3-20 — Duties of Attorneys., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-3-20. Duties of Attorneys.
It is the duty of attorneys:
(1) To support the Constitution and laws of this state and of the United States.
(2) To maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers.
(3) To employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to them such means only as are consistent with truth and never to seek to mislead the judges by any artifice or false statement of the law.
(4) To maintain inviolate the confidence and at every peril to themselves to preserve the secrets of their clients.
(5) To abstain from all offensive personalities and to advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or a witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which they are charged.
(6) To encourage neither the commencement nor continuance of any action or proceeding from any motive of passion or interest.
(7) Never to reject for any consideration personal to themselves the cause of the defenseless or oppressed.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Code of Alabama § 34-3-20 cover?
Section 34-3-20 ("Duties of Attorneys.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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