What is the duty of an attorney?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bradshaw v. U.S. Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of California, 742 F.2d 515 (9th Cir. 1984):
5 "It is the duty of an attorney: ... (h) Never to reject, for any consideration personal to himself, the cause of the defenseless or the oppressed." Cal.Bus. & Prof. Code Sec. 6068. See Yarbrough v. Superior Court of Napa County, 150 Cal.App.3d 388, 197 Cal.Rptr. 737 (Cal.App. 1 Dist.1983) (upholding coercive appointment of counsel in state proceedings).
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