Scenario:

Suppose you are the paralegal who handles the financial discovery of the client's case. You have been asked to email the client's sensitive financial documents to opposing counsel. After you emailed the documents, you realize that you sent your client's documents to the incorrect opposing counsel, one associated with another case to which you have been assigned.

Response questions:

• Was this is an ethical violation or not? Show what ethical rules, guidelines, or bar opinions in Florida that support this choice?
• What steps you must take to rectify this situation?
• What list of interoffice procedures would you put into place to ensure this does not happen again by you or any other legal staff in your office?