I love this sub and I think I have some fun stories to share. This one was pretty recent, so why not start there? Maybe I will share more later on.
Like all lawyers, I took professional responsibility in law school. I also took the ethics exam as part of becoming licensed to practice. But despite all that, my present day memory of all the ethical rules for representing clients is patchy at best. (When unsure, you look up the rules, right?) But one rule that I have never forgotten is that you cannot have sex with a client. RPC 1.8(j).
Hmm. You might guess where this is going.
Anyways, I practice employment law. I represent employees who have been mistreated by their employers. Last winter, I [34m at the time] took a call from a woman who had been fired from her position with a local public health agency. The woman, let’s call her Amanda, had raised concerns about the agency’s COVID response—that it was inconsistent with CDC guidance and contradicted the present science—and she was fired shortly after. I liked the case—it seemed like at least a colorable case of wrongful termination. So I signed her up and worked with her on drafting a demand letter to the agency.