Your client, in the bus accident case, called you for advice regarding a criminal charge unrelated to the accident. Your firm specializes in personal injury, and while attorneys are permitted to work in any area of law once admitted to the bar (with a few exceptions!), your firm does not do criminal work.

Your client mentions that he was pulled over at a routine traffic stop for speeding, and while stopped, the police officer asked if the client had a weapon in the car. The client answered yes, stepped out of the vehicle, and the officer found an unlicensed handgun under the seat. The client was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and has a court date in one month.

The client also tells you that he was carrying the illegal weapon during the time of the bus accident, but it was not detected, and no one knows that he had it on him while on the bus. He wants to keep the gun issue quiet and asks you not to mention it to anyone except the attorney you work with.

using the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct, write an essay of 550 words. Your essay must be in paragraph format with an introduction, body, and a conclusion. Be sure to:

• Identify at least two ethical concerns that come up in this matter that relate to the rules between 1.1 and 1.18.
  • Explain the two rules and why they apply.
• Recommend what the firm should tell the client .