Responsibilities of Subordinate Lawyer

Question 1

Orders from a supervisory lawyer are _____ excuse from clearly unethical conduct.

Answer 1

No

Question 2

Can a subordinates absence of knowledge protect them from liability?

Answer 2

Yes if they did not know of the act they were doing and had no opportunity to learn about it.

Question 3

Partner P gave associate A a memorandum of fact and asked A to draft a complaint for fraud
based on the information in the memorandum. A had no way to know whether the information in the memorandum was complete and truthful

Answer 3

A’s lack of opportunity to gather the
facts personally is relevant in deciding whether to discipline A for participating in the filing
of a frivolous complaint.

Question 4

A subordinate lawyer ______ violate the rules of professional conduct by acting in accordance with a supervisor’s reasonable resolution of an _______question of professional duty.

Answer 4

Does not

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