Rule 5.1 Responsibilities of a partner or Supervisory Lawyer
(a) A partner in a law firm, and a lawyer who individually or
together with other lawyers possesses comparable managerial authority in
a law firm, shall make reasonable
efforts to ensure that the firm has in effect measures giving reasonable
assurance that all lawyers in the firm conform to the Rules of
Professional Conduct.
(b) A lawyer having direct supervisory
authority over another lawyer
shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the other lawyer conforms
to the Rules of Professional Conduct.
(c) A lawyer shall be responsible for another lawyer's violation of the
Rules of Professional Conduct if:
(1)
the lawyer orders or, with knowledge of the specific conduct, ratifies
the conduct involved; or
(2) 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.
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