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The general principles which should ever control the lawyer in
the practice of the legal profession are clearly set forth in the following oath
of admission to the Bar, which all lawyers are sworn on admission to obey and
for the willful violation to which disbarment may be had.
I do solemnly swear:
I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of
the State of Florida;
I will maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial
officers;
I will not counsel or maintain any suit or proceedings which shall appear to
me to be unjust, nor any defense except such as I believe to be honestly
debatable under the law of the land;
I will employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to me such
means only as are consistent with truth and honor, and will never seek to
mislead the judge or jury by any artifice or false statement of fact or
law;
I will maintain the confidence and preserve inviolate the secrets of my
clients, and will accept no compensation in connection with their business
except from them or with their knowledge and approval;
I will abstain from all offensive personality and advance no fact prejudicial
to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice
of the cause with which I am charged;
I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of
the defenseless or oppressed, or delay anyone's cause for lucre or
malice.
So help me God.
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