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I think that I have a duty to respond to a misstatement of the law or an impertinent statement:
“It is unfortunate that Mr. Husband’s former lawyer has turned this into a competition over who can dump on whom and it’s made a difficult situation between the attorney and his former client and the circumstances surrounding this plea even worse. The rules of professional conduct are very specific about what a lawyer can say in such a circumstance and it limits the lawyer to only disclosure of that information necessary to defend against an accusation of wrongful conduct. The commentary to rule 1.6 states: ‘A fundamental principle in the client-lawyer relationship is that the lawyer maintain confidentiality of information relating to the representation. The client is thereby encouraged to communicate fully and frankly with the lawyer even as to embarrassing or legally damaging subject matter.’”
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