A lawyer with good professional ethics will not deliberately make the consequences serious.
Instead, based on one’s own professional knowledge and experience, the client is informed of the worst case scenario and avoids trouble and losses through risk control. If a lawyer does deliberately exaggerate the facts of the case, he can terminate the entrustment contract and complain to the law firm where he practices, or to the local judicial bureau or bar association.
As the risk controller of the case, lawyers usually have professional ethics and professional ethics. When analyzing the case, lawyers will list various possibilities. There will inevitably be the worst possibility, but Lawyers will describe the case truthfully and will not deliberately make the case serious in order to enhance their personal role and charge fees. This is unprofessional and lacks the spirit of the rule of law.
Lawyers’ obligations:
1. If a lawyer serves as a legal advisor, he or she should provide advisory opinions on legal issues to the client as agreed, draft and review legal documents, and participate in litigation as an agent. Mediation or arbitration activities.
2. If a lawyer serves as an agent for litigation legal affairs or non-litigation legal affairs, he shall safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client in accordance with the entrusted authority.
3. If a lawyer serves as a defender, he shall, based on the facts and law, submit materials and opinions that prove that the criminal suspect or defendant is innocent, the crime is minor, or the criminal liability is reduced or exempted, so as to protect the criminal suspect or defendant. litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests.
4. Obligation of confidentiality. Lawyers shall keep state secrets and business secrets learned in the course of their professional activities and shall not disclose the privacy of their clients. However, this is excepted if the parties or other persons prepare or are committing criminal facts and information that endanger national security, public safety, or seriously endanger the personal safety of others.