Rule 16-502 NMRA
Rule 16-502. Responsibilities of a subordinate lawyer.
Length: 61 wordsOfficial source
A. Responsibility for own actions. A lawyer is bound by the Rules of Professional
Conduct notwithstanding that the lawyer acted at the direction of another person.
B. Arguable question of duty. 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.