Exam 9: The Umbrella Duty of Integrity

Danny Lawyer conspired with Carly Client to hide over $700,000 of Client's income from the IRS over a period of years. Client forwarded her business income to Danny, who hid it in a trust account. Danny regularly withdrew cash from the account and gave the money to Client as well as made purchases for her. Danny has several partners in his law practice, one of whom is aware of Danny's business dealings with Client. As a result,

Attorney Jones and Judge Ashford were high school "frienemies." (People who are friends and enemies at the same time.) After Ashford became a judge, Jones played a series of pranks on him including exploding indoor confetti fireworks in the judge's bathroom, leaving a threatening note in his court mailbox, and leaving anonymous threatening messages on his courtroom answering machine. Although meant to be pranks, Jones' actions may be

While representing himself against his landlord, Paralegal Torar filed a declaration in which he stated that he mailed his rent check on time, with a stamp on it, correctly addressed. The burden of proof to show that it did not arrive then shifted to the landlord. In fact, Torar had no present recollection of addressing an envelope or putting postage on it. Torar

Paralegal Julio has been friendly with Paralegal Nextar for several months. Nextar admitted to Julio that he regularly "pads" his timesheets by adding an additional 10% to any time entry that is over 1 hour. Julio should

Betty Plaintiff's law firm has hired an associate from an out-of-town office of Defendant #1's law firm. When Defendant #2's law firm discovers this conflict of interest, they (Defendant #2's law firm) brings a Motion to disqualify Plaintiff's law firm. The ruling of the court will probably be

Attorney Fleamer is the Executive Director of a non-profit organization: Homes for Kids. This organization works in conjunction with state agencies that find permanent, adoptive homes for foster children. Fleamer's assistant, Paralegal Lara, suspects that Fleamer has used agency money to fund personal vacations and purchase a new personal automobile. Lara should