745 F.Supp.2d 536 (USDC/DNJ 2010)

In re Application of Tommie H. TELFAIR,

also known as Hassan Gatling, Petitioner

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See RPC-ABA, preamble, parts (2) and (4) ("As a representative of clients, . . . a lawyer [must] zealously assert[ ] the client's position under the rules of the adversary system"; "In all professional functions[,] a lawyer should be competent, prompt and diligent"); RPC-ABA, D.R. 1.3 ("A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client"); PPC-ABA, D.R. 1.3, comments 1 and 3 ("A lawyer should pursue a matter on behalf of a client despite opposition, obstruction or personal inconvenience to the lawyer, and take whatever lawful and ethical measures are required to vindicate a client's cause or endeavor. A lawyer must also act with commitment and dedication to the interests of the client and with zeal in advocacy upon the client's behalf. . . . Perhaps no professional shortcoming is more widely resented than procrastination").

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