#All due respect code#

Contrast that with the Xers who are generally highly educated (but not as socially aware) and the Millennials, including my children, who are confident and tolerant, but also entitled. The Boomers, like me and my siblings, were more experimental and decided that we wanted to save the world.

Lawyers born before the end of the Great War believe that you should work, and work hard, for what you want. Sadly, I think that it became a tragic result of the melding of the Silent Generation and the Baby Boomers with the Gen Xers and the Millennials. Where did that civility, respect and cordiality go? Did it run out the door with powdered wigs, dark suits, cigars in the hallways and no women in the courtroom? I sincerely hope not. There was inherent respect between lawyers and judges, whether in correspondence, or in pleadings, or in person, or, certainly, in a courtroom. Why not? Apparently, the founders of the Court did not need them because ethical rules and basic civility went without saying.

Did these Rules exist almost 235 years ago when our Supreme Court was formed? No.

#All due respect code#

In Pennsylvania, we have Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules of Judicial Conduct and a Code of Civility. President’s Message By Melaine Shannon RotheyĪlthough I do not believe that I should have to discuss – even harp on – the issue of civility amongst lawyers and the bench, a few recent experiences encourage me to do so.