Responsibilities of Supervisory Lawyers, Subordinate Lawyers and Non-Lawyer Assistants and UPL Issues
{"Image DocumentName": "Responsibilities of Supervisory Lawyers, Subordinate Lawyers and Non-Lawyer Assistants and UPL Issues", "Image ImageDescription": "1. Responsibilities of partners, managers, and supervisory lawyers. Oregon RPC 5.1. Rule 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers. A lawyer shall be responsible for another lawyer s violation of these Rules of Professional Conduct if: ( a) the lawyer orders or, with knowledge of the specific conduct, ratifies the conduct involved; or. ( b) the lawyer is a partner or has comparable managerial authority in the law firm in which the other lawyer practices, or has direct supervisory authority over the other lawyer, and knows of the conduct at a time when its consequences can be avoided or mitigated but fails to take reasonable remedial action. 2. Responsibilities of a subordinate lawyer. Oregon RPC 5.2. Rule 5.2 Responsibilities of a Subordinate Lawyer. (a) A lawyer is bound by the Rules of Professional Conduct notwithstanding that the lawyer acted at the direction of another person. (b) A subordinate lawyer does not violate the Rules of Professional Conduct if that lawyer acts in accordance with a supervisory lawyer s reasonable resolution of an arguable question of professional duty.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}