7-103 – Practice by nonresident attorneys; requirements; reciprocity.
7-103. Practice by nonresident attorneys; requirements; reciprocity. Any regularly admitted practicing attorney in the courts of record of another state or territory, having professional business in the courts of record of this state may, on motion, be admitted to practice for the purpose of said business only in any of said courts upon taking the […]
7-104 – Admission to bar; oath; form.
7-104. Admission to bar; oath; form. Every attorney upon being admitted to practice in the Supreme Court or district courts of this state, shall take and subscribe an oath substantially in the following form: You do solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, and […]
7-105 – Duties of attorneys and counselors.
7-105. Duties of attorneys and counselors. It is the duty of an attorney and counselor: (1) To maintain the respect due to the courts of justice and to judicial officers; (2) to counsel or maintain no other actions, proceedings or defenses than those which appear to him legal and just, except the defense of a […]
7-106 – Deceit or collusion; penalty.
7-106. Deceit or collusion; penalty. An attorney and counselor who is guilty of deceit or collusion, or consents thereto, with intent to deceive a court, or judge, or a party to an action or proceeding, is liable to be disbarred. Source R.S.1866, c. 3, § 6, p. 15; R.S.1913, § 270; C.S.1922, § 265; C.S.1929, […]
7-107 – Powers of attorneys.
7-107. Powers of attorneys. An attorney or counselor has power: (1) To execute, in the name of his client, a bond for an appeal, certiorari, writ of error, or any other paper necessary and proper for the prosecution of a suit already commenced; (2) to bind his client by his agreement in respect to any […]
7-108 – Attorney’s liens.
7-108. Attorney’s liens. An attorney has a lien for a general balance of compensation upon any papers of his client which have come into his possession in the course of his professional employment; and upon money in his hands belonging to his client, and in the hands of the adverse party in an action or […]
7-101 – Unauthorized practice of law; penalty.
7-101. Unauthorized practice of law; penalty. Except as provided in section 7-101.01, no person shall practice as an attorney or counselor at law, or commence, conduct or defend any action or proceeding to which he is not a party, either by using or subscribing his own name, or the name of any other person, or […]