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My Station As A Lawyer, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
My Station As A Lawyer, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
Georgia State University Law Review
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The Popular Image Of The American Lawyer: Some Thoughts On Its Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century Intellectual Bases, James W. Gordon
The Popular Image Of The American Lawyer: Some Thoughts On Its Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century Intellectual Bases, James W. Gordon
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Attorney Fee Shifting: The Sanctioning Power Of Section 1927 Of Title 28, United States Code, James A. Wright
Attorney Fee Shifting: The Sanctioning Power Of Section 1927 Of Title 28, United States Code, James A. Wright
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This Comment examines the shifting of attorneys' fees under the courts' inherent power, Federal Rule of Procedure 11, and 28 United States Code, Section 1927. The Comment concludes that the power to sanction is non-uniform and weak. The Comment advocates a statutory interpretation of Section 1927 that supplies courts with the power to sanction attorneys for subjective as well as objective misconduct. Under this interpretation, the courts are given the comprehensive power to shift attorneys' fees.
A Public Goods Approach To Calculating Reasonable Fees Under Attorney Fee Shifting Statutes, William R. Mureiko
A Public Goods Approach To Calculating Reasonable Fees Under Attorney Fee Shifting Statutes, William R. Mureiko
Duke Law Journal
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Lawyers As Officers Of The Court, Eugene R. Gaetke
Lawyers As Officers Of The Court, Eugene R. Gaetke
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Lawyers like to refer to themselves as officers of the court. Careful analysis of the role of the lawyer within the adversarial legal system reveals the characterization to be vacuous and unduly self-laudatory. It confuses lawyers and misleads the public. The profession, therefore, should either stop using the officer of the court characterization or give meaning to it. This Article proposes certain modifications of the existing rules of professional responsibility that would bring lawyers' actual obligations more in line with those suggested by the label of officer of the court.