Barratry Rules of Professional Conduct
Barratry Rules of Professional Conduct
Barratry Rules of Professional Conduct
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1. I will always recognize that the position of judge is the symbol of both the judicial system
and administration of justice. I will refrain from conduct that degrades this symbol.
2. I will conduct myself in Court in a professional manner and demonstrate my respect for the
Court and the law.
3. I will treat counsel, opposing parties, the Court, and members of the Court staff with courtesy
and civility.
4. I will be punctual.
5. I will not engage in any conduct which offends the dignity and decorum of proceedings.
6. I will not knowingly misrepresent, mischaracterize, misquote or miscite facts or authorities to
gain an advantage.
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[Color includes using the title Attorney as all Attorneys are Public Servants / an Office
(professional) by Oath, 82.037 Tex. Gov. Code, as well as by using title of employment by our
Government of Texas. An Attorney knows what is unlawful. As one educated in the Law they
cannot claim mistake of law / ignorance of the law. Claim of not knowing is admission of
incompetence, disqualification of license to practice]
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
SUBCHAPTER A. COMPLICITY
7.01. PARTIES TO OFFENSES.
(a) A person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is committed by his
own conduct, by the conduct of another for which he is criminally responsible, or by both.
(b) Each party to an offense may be charged with commission of the offense.
(c) All traditional distinctions between accomplices and principals are abolished by this section,
and each party to an offense may be charged and convicted without alleging that he acted as a
principal or accomplice.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
7.02. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER.
(a) A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if:
(1) acting with the kind of culpability required for the offense, he causes or aids an innocent or
nonresponsible person to engage in conduct prohibited by the definition of the offense;
(2) acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits, encourages,
directs, aids, or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offense; or
(3) having a legal duty to prevent commission of the offense and acting with intent to
promote or assist its commission, he fails to make a reasonable effort to prevent
commission of the offense.
(b) If, in the attempt to carry out a conspiracy to commit one felony, another felony is
committed by one of the conspirators, all conspirators are guilty of the felony actually
committed, though having no intent to commit it, if the offense was committed in furtherance of
the unlawful purpose and was one that should have been anticipated as a result of the carrying
out of the conspiracy.
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Each person admitted to practice law shall, before receiving a license, take an oath that the person will:
1. support the constitutions of the United States and this state;
2. honestly demean himself in the practice of law; and
3. discharge the attorney's duty to his client to the best of the attorney's ability.
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The oath shall be endorsed on the license, subscribed by the person taking the oath, and attested by the officer
administering the oath.
The ORDER of the Court
On entry of Judgment titled The Texas Lawyers Creed
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Franklin S. Spears
C. L. Ray
Raul A. Gonzales
Oscar H. Mauzy
Eugene A. Cook
Jack Hightower
Nathan L. Hecht
Lloyd A. Doggett
Justices
The Court of Criminal Appeals
Michael J. McCormick, Presiding Judge
W. C. Davis
Same Houston Clinton
Marvin O. Teague
Chuck Miller
Charles F. (Chuck) Campbell
Bill White
M. P. Duncan, III
David A. Berchelmann, Jr
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