Competent and Diligent Representation. 10. The Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, the Texas Lawyers Creed, the Code of Ethics for Paralegals.A lawyer should aid the legal profession in pursuing these objectives and should help the bar regulate itself in the public interest. 6. Rule 8.04(a)(1) provides a partial list of conduct that will subject a lawyer to discipline. The Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. The rules of conduct that all Texas attorneys must follow from the Texas State Bar. The FBA and its members remember the friends of the association who may be gone, but not forgotten. Nationally-recognized speaker on legal ethics and regulatory compliance, particularly relating to Intellectual Property law. The Legal Ethics Committee, chaired by. James O. Broccoletti, interprets the.