WHAT IS THE CODE OF THE WEST?

    "Write it in your heart.  Stand by the Code, and it will stand by you.  Ask no more and give no less than honesty, courage, loyalty, generosity, and fairness."  This Code of the West was something the cowboys carried in their hearts and it is one that should be embraced by the trial lawyer, too.

The Code was doing the right thing.  The Code put others first.  It was telling the truth and wearing the white hat.  The Code told you that it was okay to have fear.  It also told you that fear could be overcome with courage.  More than anything else, it was more important to keep the Code than to break it because a cowboy's honor was the key to his strength.  Indeed, it was his honor that was the key to how he perceived himself and how others perceived him.  Alas, it was keeping the Code that made these perceptions one in the same.  Interestingly, the Code was a story about telling stories that we all learned from their teachings.  This is the lesson to be learned by the trial lawyer.