49 C.F.R. § 1103.25   Treatment of witnesses, litigants and other counsel.


Title 49 - Transportation


Title 49: Transportation
PART 1103—PRACTITIONERS
Subpart B—Canons of Ethics
The Practitioner's Duties and Responsibilities Regarding Witnesses, Other Litigants and the Public

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§ 1103.25   Treatment of witnesses, litigants and other counsel.

(a) A practitioner shall always treat adverse witnesses and other litigants with fairness and due consideration. He should never minister to the prejudice of a client in a trial or conduct in a cause. The client has no right to demand that the practitioner representing him abuse the opposing party or indulge in offensive personal attacks.

(b) A practitioner shall not attempt to obstruct Board investigations or corruptly to influence witnesses and potential witnesses during an investigation.

(c) In conducting a case it is improper for a practitioner to allude to the personal history or the personal peculiarities or idiosyncracies of practitioners on the other side, or otherwise engage in personal abuse of other practitioners.

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