MPRE Exam Study Guide Practice Questions and Answers 2024

MPRE Exam Study Guide Practice Questions and Answers 2024 1. A toy manufacturer was sued by the parent of a child injured by one of its products. As the manufacturers attorney was preparing to respond to a discovery request from the plaintiff, the attorney found a document that was very damaging to his clients case. Prior to complying with the discovery request and turning over the document, the attorney called his opposing counsel and offered to settle the case.The attorney stated that although he believed his client was very likely to win a summary judgment motion, they would settle the case for a modest amount save the costs of litigation. In fact, the attorney believed his client had no chance of winning a summary judgment motion and was also likely to lose at trial based on the document he had found. The opposing counsel declined the attorneys offer.The attorney turned over the document, and the case proceeded to trial, where judgment was awarded to the plaintiff. Were the attorney's statements to the opposing counsel proper?: Yes, because the attorneys statement did not constitute a statement of fact. 2. An attorney was convinced that his client was suffering from dementia.The attorney spoke to his client's family physician and the client's only daughter to determine whether a guardian should be appointed to monitor the clients finances.These were the only discussions the attorney had ever had with either the physician or the daughter. In these discussions, the attorney re- vealed confidential information about a bank account maintained by the client before learning that the daughter and her mother were estranged because the daughter had stolen from her mother in the past. Was the attorneys revelation of the confidential information proper?: No, be- cause the attorney did not first determine whether either the doctor or his clients daughter might act adversely to his client's interests. 3. In representing a client in litigation involving a boundary dispute, an attor- ney, after consultation with and approval by the client, employed a surveyed. The attorney, who had used and compensated the surveyor in previous, similar situations for other clients, described the purpose of the survey and the party she represented to the surveyor. The retainer agreement between the attorney and the client specified that the client was responsible for payment of all litigation expenses. The surveyor performed a survey of the disputed boundary and submitted an invoice to the attorney for the agreement-upon amount. Prior to payment of this invoice, the client paid the attorney her fee as agreed upon in the retainer agreement but refused to pay the attorney for the cost of the survey