Banks and law firms involved in Robo-signing hired many people to process record numbers of residential mortgage foreclosures. If you were a paralegal working for a bank or a law firm that instructed you to execute affidavits attesting to having reviewed documents and records supporting the bank's foreclosure of the property in question, what are your ethical obligations if, in fact, you have not reviewed (or perhaps even seen) the documents in question?

a.the paralegal should first obtain the requisite knowledge, so that the attested statements are indeed correct and based on the affiant's personal knowledge.

b.The paralegal has no ethical obligations here, and should follow the directions of the supervisor.

c.The paralegal should either refuse to sign the affidavit or first obtain the requisite knowledge, so that the attested statements are indeed correct and based on the affiant's personal knowledge.

d.The paralegal should refuse to sign the affidavit.

 

 

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