Legal & Judicial Ethics, 2010 Bar — Question VI

ESSAY

Atty. Monica Santos-Cruz registered the firm name "Santos-Cruz Law Office" with the Department of Trade and Industry as a single proprietorship. In her stationery, she printed the names of her husband and a friend who are both non-lawyers as her senior partners in light of their investments in the firm. She allowed her husband to give out calling cards bearing his name as senior partner of the firm and to appear in courts to move for postponements. Did Atty. Santos-Cruz violate the Code of Professional Responsibility? Why? (3%)

You can write freely without an account. Sign in to reveal the suggested answer and track your progress.