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| Lawyers Duties to Clients | A lawyer has to be with a client loyal, knowledgeable, skillful, and industrious. A lawyer shall use all suitable means to protect and advance the client's legitimate rights, claims, and objectives. A lawyer shall not be frightened by a real or imagined fear of judicial disfavor or public unpopularity, nor be influenced by mere self-interest.
The lawyer's duty to a client does not prevent against the concurrent obligation to treat with consideration all persons involved in the legal process and to avoid the punishment of harm on the appellate process, the courts, and the law itself.
1. Consultation will give recommendation their clients of the contents of these Standards of Conduct when undertaking representation.
2. Consultation will explain the fee agreement and cost expectation to their clients. Counsel will then try to achieve the client's lawful appellate objectives as quickly, efficiently, and economically as possible.
3. Consultation will preserve sympathetic detachment, recognizing that lawyers should not become so closely associated with clients that the lawyer's objective judgment is impaired.
4. Counsel will be faithful to their clients' lawful objectives, while mindful of their concurrent duties to the legal system and the public good.
5. Counsel will advise clients of the variety of potential results, possible charges, schedules, and the accessibility of alternative dispute decision. Counsel will explain the appellate process to their clients.
6. Counsel will not foster clients' unrealistic expectations.
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