A paralegal quits the firm of Johnson & Johnson. When she leaves, she takes client documents she prepared while at the firm. The documents contain confidential client information. The paralegal is showing these documents to potential employers as writing samples.

Question

A paralegal quits the firm of Johnson & Johnson. When she leaves, she takes client documents she prepared while at the firm. The documents contain confidential client information. The paralegal is showing these documents to potential employers as writing samples.
(a) What is the ethical liability of attorneys at Johnson & Johnson under Model Rule 5.3?
(b) What is the ethical liability of attorneys at law firms where she is seeking employment under Model Rule 5.3?
(c) What is the paralegals liability?

PsyDAG · Answer

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "'model rule 5.3'" to get these possible sources:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=%22model+rule+5.3%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.