What is Attorney Misconduct?

Texas Center for Legal Ethics
 
8.04 Misconduct

Back to Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct

(a) A lawyer shall not:

(1) violate these rules, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another, whether or not such violation occurred in the course of a client-lawyer relationship;

(2) commit a serious crime or commit any other criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects;

(3) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;

(4) engage in conduct constituting obstruction of justice;

(5) state or imply an ability to influence improperly a government agency or official;

#3 strongly appears to apply to every attorney on the Texas Humane Legislation Network’s board of directors; inasmuch as for THLN to boast to prospective donors that they deserve credit for ending gassing of Texas shelter pets in the 2013 legislature; and to deprive donors of making an INFORMED decision to donate money to THLN by refusing to openly state to donors as to their successful lobbying in 2011 to CONTINUE gassing; how can this be other than conduct signifying misrepresentation?



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