Lawyers often grapple with the dilemma of exploiting advantages for their clients while maintaining fairness and integrity towards other stakeholders. The article illustrates the author's personal experiences of leveraging adversariesâ mistakes in legal proceedings, while also acknowledging instances where courts made errors leading to case dismissals. The author emphasizes a commitment to fairness by not taking undue advantage of judicial mistakes, opting instead to assist adversaries in addressing these errors to preserve professionalism and relationships within the legal community.
Indeed, I have even secured the dismissal of cases since adversaries failed to follow rules which deprived a court of jurisdiction or otherwise fatally impacted a case.
When I secured an advantage because a court made mistakes, I never sought to exploit an advantage on behalf of my client.
#legal-ethics #court-mistakes #lawyer-responsibilities #adversarial-relationships #professional-integrity
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