Every attorney-at-law before being permitted to practice shall take the following oath or affirmation before an officer authorized to administer oaths:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will demean myself as an attorney, according to the best of my learning and ability, and with all good fidelity, as well to the court as to the client; that I will use no falsehood or delay any person’s cause for lucre or malice and that I will support the Constitution of the State of Alabama and of the United States, so long as I continue a citizen thereof, so help me God.”
If any attorney commences practice before taking the oath as prescribed by this section, he or she forfeits the sum of $200, one half to the use of the person suing for the same and the other to the state.
(Code 1852, §§735, 756; Code 1867, §§869, 870; Code 1876, §§788, 789; Code 1886, §§861, 862; Code 1896, §§587, 588; Code 1907, §§2978, 2980; Code 1923, §§6243, 6245; Code 1940, T. 46, §§39, 40.)
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1996–2015 · leading case:
Ex parte Stephens, 676 So. 2d 1307 (Ala. 1996).
Ex parte Stephens, 676 So. 2d 1307 (Ala. 1996).
· cites it 2× “" Ala.Code 1975, § 34-3-15. This Court will presume, until it is proven otherwise in the appropriate forum, that an attorney at all times acts in an ethical manner and upholds the oath of the profession.”
Borden v. Clement, 261 B.R. 275 (N.D. Ala. 2001).
“Under Alabama law, these causes of action do not exist against a provider of legal services. A. The Malpractice Claim and the Statute of Limitations Defense Disputed factual issues preclude summary judgment on Borden’s legal malpractice claim.”
Wright. v. City of Mobile, 192 So. 3d 7 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015).
· cites it 2× “” Wright’s attorney nevertheless has once again elected to couch his arguments on rehearing in the form of a screed against the court system to which he has sworn fidelity and support, see Ala.Code 1975, § 34-3-15 (setting out attorney oath), obviously, this time, in an effort…”
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