South Dakota Statutes

§ 16-18-17 — Attorney's duty to represent the oppressed.

South Dakota § 16-18-17
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 16COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Ch. 16POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 16-18-17 (2026).

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It is the duty of an attorney and counselor at law never to reject for any consideration personal to himself, the cause of the defenseless or the oppressed.

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Related

In Re the Discipline of Kunkle
218 N.W.2d 521 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1974)
32 case citations
Dietz v. Fink
(D. South Dakota, 2024)

Legislative History

PolC 1877, ch 18, § 4, subdiv 7; CL 1887, § 465, subdiv 7; RPolC 1903, § 697, subdiv 7; RC 1919, § 5262 (7); Supreme Court Rule 13, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1201 (7).

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