Under the protection of confidentiality is never scrutinized by the public. And lawyers are never accountable for it. So the sting actually brings some accountability to conduct that ought to be accountable. Kroft in its own report, Global Witness includes an opinion from two legal ethicists, including bill simon of columbia. It says that if attorneys marc koplik, john jankoff, and gerald ross had been responding to a real request, their conduct would not comply with the professional responsibilities of lawyers. It said the attorneys displayed a cynical and evasive attitude toward law. The ethicists also noted that the rules are vague, and we do not expect that all lawyers will agree with us. Simon put thena. B. A. President James Silkenat and his partner, hugh finnegan, in a different category, even though they provided advice on how to move questionable funds into the u. S. What makes silkenat different from the other lawyers . Simon silkenat was quite illegal conduct. And he even in
Jankoff i dont like emails. Kayser you dont like emails . Gabe thats how you catch people. Kroft the hidden camera tapes raise all sorts of ethical questions not just about the behavior of the lawyers, but about the methods used by Global Witness in making them. We showed the footage to bill simon, a law professor at columbia university, who is one of the countrys top legal ethicists. Bill simon i think it draws attention to the fact that lawyers may be playing an Important Role in Money Laundering that requires more scrutiny. Kroft have you ever seen anything like this before . Simon no. Kroft never . Simon never. Kroft whats your overall impression of it . Simon any lawyers going to be uncomfortable about the fact that this was a sting in which someone lied his way into a Lawyers Office and secretly recorded statements a lawyer was. Thought he was making to a client. Thats kind of unprecedented and its kind of inconsistent with the bars norms about confidentiality. So im a little une
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