Every attorney and counselor at law, before he or she shall be permitted to practice, shall produce his or her license in each court where he or she intends to practice, and in the presence of such court, shall take the following oath or affirmation to wit:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will demean myself, as an attorney and counselor of this court, 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 nor delay any person's cause for lucre or malice, and that I will support the Constitution of the State of Mississippi and the Constitution of the United States. So help me God."
And thereupon the name of such person, with the date of his or her admission, shall be entered in a roll or book to be kept in each court for that purpose.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 26, art. 3 (1, 3); 1857, ch. 9, art. 2; 1871, § 2245; 1880, § 2397; 1892, § 209; 1906, § 215; Hemingway's 1917, § 189; 1930, § 3692; 1942, § 8664; reenacted without change, Laws, 1983, ch. 457, § 4; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 560, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 372, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 524, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 471, § 4; Laws, 2011, ch. 454, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.
Notes of Decisions
Foote v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n, 517 So. 2d 561 (Miss. 1987).
· cites it 3× “Foote, was found guilty of violating certain provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility of the Mississippi State Bar and Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-35 . For one of these violations, the Tribunals imposed the sanction of disbarment.”
Levi v. Mississippi State Bar, 436 So. 2d 781 (Miss. 1983).
· cites it 2× “" The Bar also charges that Levi and Denham have violated Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (1972), which requires each attorney to swear or affirm to use no falsehood.”
Steighner v. Mississippi State Bar, 548 So. 2d 1294 (Miss. 1989).
· cites it 3× “Steighner, alleging that he had violated several provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility, which was in effect at that time, and Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (1972). A trial on the merits was conducted by a Complaint Tribunal.”
Bradfield v. Schwartz, 936 So. 2d 931 (Miss. 2006).
“See also Miss.Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (Rev. 2004). [11] *940 ¶ 25.”
Mississippi Bar v. Mathis, 620 So. 2d 1213 (Miss. 1993).
· cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (Supp. 1992). In light of the violations of the previously mentioned disciplinary rules and Rules of Professional Conduct, and giving deference to the Tribunal's finding that this statute was violated, it is easy to conclude that Mathis did indeed…”
Clark v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n, 471 So. 2d 352 (Miss. 1985).
· cites it 2× “, was found guilty of violating DR1-102(A)(1, 3, 4, 5 & 6); DR6-101(A)(2 & 3); DR7-101-(A)(1 & 3); DR7-102(A)(3, 4, 5, 6 & 8); DR9-102(A); DR9-102(B) of the Code of Professional Responsibility of the Mississippi State Bar and Miss. Code Ann. §§ 73-3-35 , 73-3-37. For these…”
Goodin v. State, 856 So. 2d 267 (Miss. 2003).
“" Miss.Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (2000). Those who take the oath to become a district attorney, swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Mississippi Constitution.”
The Mississippi Bar v. ATTORNEY ST, 621 So. 2d 229 (Miss. 1993).
· cites it 2× “4(d) and of the attorney's oath pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (1972) [2] for surreptitiously taping two telephone conversations with an acting City Judge and one with the City Police Chief, and for telling the Chief he was not recording their conversation when, in fact,…”
Goodin v. State, 787 So. 2d 639 (Miss. 2001).
“When District Attorney Ken Turner took the oath to become an attorney in this state, he swore to “support the Constitution of the State of Mississippi_” Miss.Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (2000). Later, when he took the oath to become a district attorney, he swore to uphold the…”
Mississippi Bar v. ATTORNEY R, 649 So. 2d 820 (Miss. 1995).
· cites it 2× “The complaint also charged Attorney R with violating Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (1972) which is an oath that an attorney makes pledging that he will practice in good fidelity.”
Watkins v. Mississippi Bar, 589 So. 2d 660 (Miss. 1991).
· cites it 3× “Mullins, had violated DR1-102(A)(4) of the Code of Professional Responsibility and Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-35 (1972). DR1-102(A)(4) provides that a lawyer shall not "[e]ngage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.”
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