An attorney employs a legal assistant working. A complaint has been filed against the attorney by a client for missing a statute of limitations deadline. The attorney's defense is that his legal assistant did not calendar the statute of limitations date. The legal assistant knew nothing about the case and, in fact, had never heard of the case. The legal assistant has just received notice that her

deposition is to be taken. The legal assistant should:

A. Protect the attorney and the firm from being in serious trouble by saying it was the legal assistant's fault.
B. Hire an attorney outside the office to represent the legal assistant at the deposition.
C. Resign from this firm and leave the jurisdiction.
D. Go to the deposition and tell the truth.
E. Hire an attorney outside the office to represent the legal assistant at the deposition, and go to the deposition and tell the truth.


E

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