Jim And Mae Corn Case Summary

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Jim and Mae Corn Jim Corn met his wife online after being introduced to her by her sister. Mae was not a natural United States citizen and of course would require certain steps in order to become a citizen. After a brief courtship, Jim went to visit Mae in her native home of Mongolia and brought her back to the U.S. with him on a travel visa to make the preparations for their wedding. After Jim and Mae were married here in the U.S. Jim made contact with an attorney who specialized in matters of immigration. After paying a sizeable fee to have the legal processes started Jim and Mae began to live their lives and wait for the paperwork to go through. Several months went by and Jim had not heard from his attorney regarding the paperwork for his …show more content…
After several unsuccessful attempts to reach his attorney, Jim finally received a message informing him there had been an error in the initial filing. After several more months Jim learns that his now former attorney is in a rehabilitation program and never recorded his receiving of money from Jim. The attorney's office now tells him that if he will pay the same amount again, his paperwork would finally be filed.
Rules of Conduct After a review of the case of Jim and Mae Corn it is evident that their attorney was in violation of more than one rule under the provisions of the Professional Rules of Conduct. This violation is definite grounds for a complaint under the complaints system currently in place. The first rule violated was Rule 1.3 Diligence. Comment 1 of the rule states, “A lawyer should pursue a matter on behalf of a client despite opposition, obstruction or personal inconvenience to the lawyer, and

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