Attorney Client Relationship
Attorney Jessica Hart drove through the winding streets of San Francisco while thinking about the case she lost in federal court the previous day. She made several mistakes that allowed the jury to convict her client, Ralph Freelander, of racketeering, prostitution, and gambling. The conviction carried a mandatory prison sentence of eighty years. The thirty year old attorney spent the previous night preparing the appeal paperwork. She stopped her car at the gates of Freelander’s estate, and...