Susan is a paralegal in a one attorney office. She works for Mr.Robert Sharky. One Friday afternoon, attorney Sharky left early totake a flight to Las Vegas. He planned to be back on Monday. BobJones, one of the firm’s divorce clients, runs into the office andtells Susan he just shot his ex-wife when she came at him with aknife after an argument. He throws the smoking gun on the desk andasks Susan to hide it for him. Susan takes the gun and puts it intoher desk drawer and locks the drawer. She plans to discuss theissue with her attorney when he gets back from his vacation onMonday. She tells Bob that the firm can help him avoid jail timesince the wife instigated it and Bob shot her in self-defense. Bobleaves.
That night Susan joins her friends for happy hour and tells themabout what happened but she does not mention Bob’s name. AfterSusan tells the story, a news flash comes on the television at thebar and the story says the suspect in the wife shooting is Bob.
Use the American Bar Association Model Rules of ProfessionalConduct or the state of GA ethics rules and spot all the issues inthis scenario. What did Susan do wrong and what rules did sheviolate? Should she have informed the police?
