Attorney Donald Cohen represents his client Michael Trump in a lawsuit for contract dispute. Attorney Cohen is also the business partner of his client Trump in the company for which the contract dispute exists. Attorney Cohen signed a retainer with Trump that if any money is obtained then attorney Cohen will get 1/3 of the recovered amount. Cohen knows that Trump is at fault in the contract dispute and that Trump only wanted to upset the defendant which is why the lawsuit was filed, but Cohen agrees to represent Trump because he knows that Trump is running for president and wants to be on Trump's good side. Attorney Cohen did not want the lawsuit to last a long time so he called the Defendant directly, knowing that the Defendant was represented by counsel, and told the Defendant not to worry, that Trump knows he's not going to win but Trump brought the lawsuit to upset the defendant and will probably drop the lawsuit in a couple of months. Name 3 ethical considerations that attorney Cohen has breached in the above scenario. Using the facts , state why you believe that each ethical consideration you list was breached

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1 Conflict of Interest Attorney Cohen has breached the ethical consideration of conflict of interest As both the legal representative of Michael Trump ... View the full answer