I have been practicing law for about 25 years. More and more, I am seeing attorneys attack the lawyer on the opposing side. Statements are made that the lawyer is not truthful or actually engaged in misconduct. It seems to be more common than it used to be. Is it ethical?
Whether lawyers are personally attacking their opposing counsel more or less often than in “the old days” is not statistically known, but it does appear to happen more often than not in litigation, particularly civil litigation. The reason it most likely didn’t happen as much in the past was because there were fewer members of the bar and there was a stigma of ostracism that might occur to the individual who attacked another attorney.
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