Indiana § 33-43-1-3 - Duties
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 33-43-1-3 — Duties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-43-1-3. Duties
Sec. 3. An attorney shall do the following:
(1) Support the Constitution and laws of the United States and of Indiana.
(2) Maintain the respect that is due to the courts of justice and judicial officers.
(3) Only counsel or maintain actions, proceedings, or defenses that appear to the attorney to be legal and just. However, this subdivision may not be construed to prevent the defense of a person charged with a crime.
(4) Employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to the attorney, only those means that are consistent with truth and never seek to mislead the court or jury by any artifice or false statement of fact or law.
(5) Maintain inviolate the confidence and, at every peril to the attorney, to preserve the secrets of the attorney's client.
(6) Abstain from all offensive personality, and to advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which the attorney is charged.
(7) Not to encourage either the commencement or the continuance of an action or proceeding from any motive of passion or interest.
(8) Never to reject, from any consideration personal to the attorney, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed.
(9) To promptly account to and pay over to a client any money coming into the hands of the attorney to which the client is lawfully entitled.
(10) To abstain from direct or indirect solicitation of employment to institute, prosecute, or defend against any claim, action, or cause of action.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-21-1-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.22.
Frequently Asked Questions About Indiana § 33-43-1-3
What does Indiana Code § 33-43-1-3 cover?
Section 33-43-1-3 ("Duties") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. 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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