A seventeen-year-old was arrested. He called his father and said, “Dad, I just got busted for smoking pot. It’s just a misdemeanor. I’m out on my own recognizance. Can you come and get me?” His father, a corporate lawyer, hired a law school classmate who is a criminal defense expert to handle his son’s case. The father told the attorney that he knows the DA is a bluffer, and suggested that the defense attorney take a hard line in defending the case, because the DA will let his son go on a civil forfeiture with no jail time. The father asked the defense attorney to keep him posted about what is going on so that he can track the fees.   When the criminal defense attorney received the police report, she realized that the son had lied to his father. The son was arrested for possession of a substantial quantity of drugs, which is a felony. As a result of a mix-up at the jail, the son was released on his own recognizance by mistake. When defense attorney confronted the son, he begged her not to tell his father.   The criminal defense attorney must

Lawyer is known for his aggressive tactics and has been sanctioned by judges, but has obtained massive class action verdicts. Lawyer has heard rumors about tenants who live in a nearby housing project. The conditions are deplorable, but every time tenants complain, they are evicted. Lawyer is contacted by social worker who runs a nonprofit tenants’ advocacy group. Social worker tells lawyer about the problems, and Lawyer states if the advocacy group hires him, he thinks he can get the management to clean up the housing project and get punitive damages. Lawyer tells social worker that he will aggressively argue for an award of attorney’s fees, but share 50% of the fees with advocacy group.     Is Lawyer subject to discipline?

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Defendant was criminally charged with embezzlement and would like to retain Successful Defense Lawyer, who is in high demand. To convince Successful Defense Lawyer to represent him, Defendant agrees to pay Successful Defense Lawyer’s premium hourly rate, and he also offers to pay a bonus of $10,000 if he is acquitted.   Is Successful Defense Lawyer subject to discipline if he accepts the representation on those terms?

The part-time mayor of a small city is a licensed attorney who is also in a law partnership with another attorney. Under the city’s charter, the mayor has the authority to determine what issues are to be placed on the city council agenda. Several council members have told the mayor that they would like to see a zoning ordinance placed on the agenda. This proposed ordinance would ban commercial development of a certain area with the city.   The mayor’s law partner has been retained as attorney for a development company that has acquired land in the proposed noncommercial zoning area and has plans to construct a large shopping center there.  The development company opposes the proposed zoning ordinance.  The mayor has agreed to take no direct role in the representation and  not to share in any legal fees from the case.   May the mayor’s law partner represent the development company in this matter?

A public defender represented a client in a murder case. While investigating the case, the public defender obtained indisputable evidence that the client committed another murder for which a different, innocent person was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.   Which answer accurately describes the public defender’s professional responsibility?

A public defender represented a client in a murder case. While investigating the case, the public defender obtained indisputable evidence that the client committed another murder for which a different, innocent person was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.   Which answer accurately describes the public defender’s professional responsibility?

There are 50 employees of the University of Cincinnati with the title “grant administrator.”  Here is a graph of the distribution of their 2018 salaries. Based on this graph, we expect the mean salary to be

Some individuals are carriers of the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. Investigators examined 1398 schoolchildren to determine if they were carriers or not, and noted the size of their tonsils.  Here are the results: Tonsil Size normal large very large Total Carrier 19 29 24 72 Non-carrier 497 560 269 1326 Total 516 589 293 1398  Which of the following hypotheses should be used to test if the relationship between carrier status and tonsil size is statistically significant?

Some individuals are carriers of the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. Investigators examined 1398 schoolchildren to determine if they were carriers or not, and noted the size of their tonsils.  Here are the results: Tonsil Size normal large very large Total Carrier 19 29 24 72 Non-carrier 497 560 269 1326 Total 516 589 293 1398  Which of the following hypotheses should be used to test if the relationship between carrier status and tonsil size is statistically significant?