[MajorityOfOne]

Yup. After the trial is completed, the attorney, even if an obnoxious weenie, is just another Joe Citizen.

[On the Road to Serfdom]

I think they have rules of conduct they must abide by at all times, even outside of trials. Plus, the fact that this was communication with the jurors makes it related to the case (though I don't think that is a necessary condition for a lawyer to break ethics rules.)