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.
S.D. Codified Laws § 16-18-17
Attorney's duty to represent the oppressed
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re the Discipline of Kunkle (1974)
Most recently applied in In Re the Discipline of Kunkle (May 1974)
Source: 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…
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