Professional Responsibility Multistate Online Practice Exam

Truthfulness in attorney announcements matters most: a statement about professional status must be accurate and not misleading. If an attorney accurately notes past public service, it’s permissible as long as it doesn’t imply ongoing authority or current office. Here, the attorney’s announcement simply states that he served two four-year terms as governor before reopening his law practice. That factual history is true and does not claim he is still governor or retains any official power. Therefore, there’s no basis for discipline based on misrepresentation or deception. The other options don’t fit because nothing in the ethics rules prevents a former governor from practicing law, and the true statement does not mislead about current status. Implied neutrality isn’t required to avoid discipline when the information itself is accurate.