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Attorneys Hidden Misconduct

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In my journey as a lawyer I experienced many acts and behaviours some attorneys does that seems to be a misconduct but is not an obvious one. However, and for the sake of educating the public of such unethical acts, here are these common unethical conducts: 1. Digression: The most behaviour I notice in court is digression where some lawyers are insisting to do. As law school students we learned to focus on the lawsuit subject as an ethical obligation.  Digression merely means to waste time and effort of the court and the opponent lawyer, hence, it should be considered a misconduct. 2. Indirect Nettling: Although indirect nettling might be considered part of point (1), but the object of doing it is different. This behaviour aims - beside extending litigation period - to irritate the opponent lawyer or its client to illegally response to such act, which might result into unfavorable consequences to the opponent or to the court session. 3. incomplete Authorized Representation: