Penalties

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1. Which Rule 71 ground expressly addresses assuming to be an attorney and acting as such without authority?
2. Before punishment for indirect contempt under Section 3, is an opportunity to comment and be heard required?
3. Does Rule 71 Section 7 prescribe one identical mandatory sentence for every indirect-contempt case in every court?
4. A person falsely holds himself out as counsel and acts in that capacity without authority. The client’s consent is offe…
5. An authorized lawyer knowingly helps a disbarred lawyer continue holding himself out as counsel. Is discipline categori…
6. A complainant asks a court to imprison an alleged fake counsel immediately under the indirect-contempt ground, without …
7. A lawyer knowingly co-signs a pleading with a disbarred former partner, holding both out as authorized counsel. He argu…
8. Explain the Rule 71 route when a person assumes to be an attorney and acts without authority.
9. Why can a lawyer who helps a disbarred person continue practicing face separate liability? Apply Gonzales.
10. A client consented to representation by a person who falsely claimed counsel authority. Does consent eliminate the pote…
11. For indirect contempt committed against an RTC or court of equivalent or higher rank, what is Section7’s maximum fine?
12. What is Section7’s imprisonment ceiling for indirect contempt committed against a lower court?