Author Question: The duty of competence can be breached by which of the following actions? a. Missing filing ... (Read 77 times)

genevieve1028 · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

The duty of competence can be breached by which of the following actions?

a. Missing filing deadlines with the court
b. Including incorrect information in a legal document
c. Inadequate attorney supervision of paralegals
d. All of these choices are correct

Question 2

Linda and Karen, both paralegals for the same attorney in a small general practice office, are riding home from work together on the bus. During their ride, they discuss a client who was in the office that day seeking to file for divorce.

The client, who works in their building, is someone whom they have known for a
long time, and they are shocked. What they don't know is that the client's wife is
sitting in the seat behind them. The client's wife learns of the divorce and
successfully hides 200,000 from a bank account so that it cannot be located
and divided up as part of the property settlement. Once the divorce is final, the
client says to his wife, You must have known that I was planning to divorce you
or you wouldn't have been able to hide that money. Without admitting that she
hid the money, the client's wife says, If you're so upset about losing the
200,000, why don't you sue your attorney and those two big mouths who work
for him and ride my bus? Which of the following actions can the client take?
a. Seek to have a disciplinary action brought against the attorney for violation of
the rule of client confidentiality
b. Bring a malpractice lawsuit against the attorney and his two paralegals
c. Demand that the attorney pay him the 200,000 and fire his paralegals
d. All of these choices are correct