Suits Episode 2- Part 2

Suits Episode 2- Part 2/2

Violation of 8.3(a)
After Harvey shuns Mike for being high, Mike barges into his office the next day and tells him that Luis coerced him into smoking pot with the client, or else Luis was going to use the failed drug test Mike took to fire Mike. Harvey now has actual knowledge that Luis has committed a criminal act of a nature which should seriously question his integrity as a lawyer in violation of 8.4(b). Because the transgression is substantial, Harvey has a duty under 8.3(a) to report Luis. Because he does not, Harvey is in violation of 8.3(a).

Violation of 8.4(c), 8.3(a)
Near the end of the episode, Mike finds out that not only did Luis use Mike's drug test to coerce Mike into smoking pot with a client, but the drug test was fake and Mike actually passed it. Therefore, not only was the coercion probably criminal and a violation of 8.4(b) as explained before, but this is is a textbook violation of 8.4(c), which explains that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to "engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation." Here, by not only lying about Mike's drug results but also creating a fake drug report, Luis is in violation of 8.4(c). Harvey is now under a duty to report Luis again, and because he does not, he is violating 8.3(a).