1. What information did the lawyer learn about the mother that the court considered confidential?
2. Why would it have been confidential if it did not relate to the mother’s claim against the father for back child support?
3. Notice that this case also involves a conflict of interest, which is the subject of Chapter 5. With that in mind, why do you think the lawyer’s conduct implicated a conflict of interest if he ceased representing the mother, never even charging her a fee, before representing the county welfare department against the father?