Professionals ranging from architects to veterinary practitioners face ethical dilemmas quite often. There is no exception to this when it comes to lawyers either. However, ethical issues can usually be resolved when consulting guidelines that are put in place for professionals. For lawyers, these guidelines are put in place under the American Bar Association (ABA), and this serves as the ethical fundamentals of which they must abide by always. Issues often arise for lawyers when they have reason to believe that their client is expressing dishonesty or being deceiving. These issues are well represented in the film the Lincoln Lawyer. Despite the ABA protecting the client from the attorney, there is not a system in place to protect the attorney
