Author Question: Mrs. Jones comes to attorney Nelson's office and asks him to represent her in a divorce. Before ... (Read 55 times)

burchfield96 · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

Mrs. Jones comes to attorney Nelson's office and asks him to represent her in a divorce. Before leaving the office, Mrs. Jones tells attorney Nelson that if her husband calls to find out if she is divorcing him, that attorney Nelson is to go ahead

and tell him that she is. This is an example of:
a. Client confidentiality
b. Client consenting to disclosure of confidential information
c. An impliedly authorized disclosure of confidential client information
d. Client confidentiality and an impliedly authorized disclosure of confidential
client information

Question 2

Thomas Timmons, a paralegal, brings a witness into his office for an interview. Thomas leaves a deposition summary and several letters from another client's file on his desk. The witness reads the deposition summary and the letters while Thomas takes

a telephone call during the interview. Thomas has violated the
ethical rule regarding:
a. Competence
b. Conflicts of interest
c. Confidentiality
d. Competence and conflicts of interest