What is the standard of conduct of opposing counsel in civil litigation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lewis v. Lewis (In re Lewis), B255900 (Cal. App. 2015):
Moreover, and perhaps more importantly, attacks on the character of opposing counsel are not well received in this court, and pejorative adjectives do not persuade. We are compelled to echo the view of our colleagues in the Fourth Appellate District, who recently lamented that "[o]ur profession is rife with cynicism, awash in incivility." (Kim v. Westmoore Partners, Inc. (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th 267, 293.)
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