” I swear, that as an attorney at law, I will exercise my duties with dignity, conscience, independence, integrity and humanity”
The oath sets the principles of our professional practice
- The duty to inform and advise, which commands that we inform our client of the probability to win his/her case, in view of the state of law and any predictable evolution thereof.
- The integrity and humanity with which we must perform our services, and inform our client of the predictable amount of our fees.
- The loyalty, which commands that we do not defend the case of clients who may find themselves with conflicting interests.
- The independence which we must respect in the legal advice we provide to clients, regardless of our personal interests or outside pressure.
- The obligation of professional secret which binds us, so that we forbid ourselves to never communicate to a third party or use in any regard, the information we have received through the files and documentation of a client. The obligation of professional secret is general, absolute, unlimited in time and covers all the fields of the attorney’s legal practice (legal advice, negotiations, litigation).