Question 26 1 pts While working for a law firm, you discover that your supervisi

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Question 26 1 pts While working for a law firm, you discover that your supervising attorney is adding billable hours for work that you believe he/she did not perform. Your best course of action is to: Tell the attorney that the conduct is unethical and notify the client if the attorney actually sends out willfully inaccurate bills. OAsk the supervising attorney about the conduct and, if possible, notify the firm's managing partner of the behavior Write a memo 'for the record' to protest the conduct of the supervising attorney, and place it in the clients file. Do nothing, because a paralegal is not subject to the Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys

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The answer to the following question is B. Ask the supervising attorney about the condition and, if possible, notify the firms managing partner of the behaviour.

All. The other options either involve interacting with the client which the paralegal cannot do, or, going behind the supervisor's back which itself can be considered as unethical means.

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