[skarap]

> Once a judge catches a lawyer in a lie the judge will question everything the lawyer says.

Not a lawyer, but isn't is taken for granted that lawyers (along with everybody else) are lying in courts and that it's the jurors and judge's job to find out who is lying?

[tialaramex]

No. Lawyers are officers of the court. Especially in civil cases which are just about the balance of evidence, their role is to put their side of the truth in the best light. Not to just make up whatever bullshit they think might win.

[comex]

Even in criminal cases:

> the defense lawyer may not lie to the judge or jury by specifically stating that the defendant did not do something the lawyer knows the defendant did do.

[source: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/representing-client-...]

[zebraflask]

Absolutely not. The exact opposite. That's why this is such a problem for Uber's legal team.