Columbus Bar Assn. v. Finneran

Attorneys must use the tools of our legal system as they were intended. Our Ethical Considerations expressed in EC 7-1 state that “[t]he duty of a lawyer, both to his client and to the legal system, is to represent his client zealously unthin the bounds of the law.” (Emphasis added.) Therefore, While the advocate has a duty to use legal procedure to benefit the client’s cause, the advocate also has a duty not to abuse legal procedure. The law, both procedural and substantive, establishes the limits within which an advocate may proceed. We conclude from the facts in this case that respondent…