Having been A paralegal before becoming a lawyer

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Having been a paralegal before becoming a lawyer, Johanna is eager to promote the use of her own paralegals. So, when one of her senior paralegals, Ashton, successfully passes the Paralegal Certification (CP) exam offered by the National Association for Legal Assistants (NALA), Johanna takes Ashton out for a celebratory dinner and gives him a raise. In addition, Johanna provides Ashton with new business cards and lists him on the firm’s letterhead.

Both the business cards and the letterhead list Ashton as “Ashton R. Campbell, R-P.” a. Given what you’ve learned from Chapter 6, do you believe this is allowed under the rules dealing with legal advertising?

Why or why not? b. Regardless of your answer to a. above, can you think of any way to improve Ashton’s designation on his business cards or the firm’s letterhead? Explain fully.