Assignment

Senario - Tracy Roote, a paralegal for the law firm of Feinstein an Silver, recently resigned from that law firm after working there for ten years, When she left, she took client documents, including interoffice memoranda that she prepared while working at Feinstein and SIlver. The memoranda contain confidential client information. Tracy is applying for a new paralegal position at different law firms, and she is showing these memoranda to potential employers as writing samples.

Please answer questions.

1. Under Model Rule 5.3, what is the ethical liability of attorneys at Feinstein and Silver for Tracy's actions?

2. Under Model Rule 5.3, what is the ethical liability of attorneys at law firms where Tracy is seeking employment?

3. Under Model Rule 5.3, what is Tracy's liability?

4. Please list and discuss other ethical rules that Feinstein an Silver, or Tracy, or both, migh be violating in the above hypothetical.