Asked by Natalie Oatsvall on Sep 28, 2024

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

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.

Rule of Client Confidentiality

An ethical rule within legal practice requiring attorneys to keep information relating to the representation of a client confidential unless the client gives informed consent to disclose it.

Property Settlement

The division of property between spouses on the termination of a marriage.

  • Familiarize yourself with the critical role and practical uses of the attorney-client confidentiality principle.
  • Understand the implications of ethical breaches within the legal field.