what happens if you break the rules (bottom of the page you linked). You will ruin your professional reputation and you will likely never work for a lawyer again, but that’s it. Well, you could be sued, but it’s far more likely the lawyer would be the one who gets sued.
Lawyers are liable for their paralegals’ actions, so Suzanne would have to convince the world that Alexis had no prior knowledge about what Suzanne was going to do. Which might be hard to actually prove. At the least, it would get Alexis the side eye from the state bar, which she definitely doesn’t need.
