(a) Attorneys and litigants will observe the customary and traditional courtesies and decorum. They shall refrain from caustic remarks about and personal reference to opposing counsel.

(b) Examination of jurors and of witnesses should be conducted from the counsel table or from some other suitable distance except when handling documentary or physical evidence or when a hearing impairment or other physical disability requires the attorneys to take a different position.

(c) Attorneys shall refrain from carrying on conversations among themselves or with others or read newspapers or magazines in the courtroom when court is in session. No one will bring food or drink into the Courtroom. All attorneys shall wear proper courtroom attire in all proceedings.