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Can a lawyer confirm for another lawyer if someone is a client of theirs?
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∙ 15y ago
Yes. The fact that someone has retained you as a lawyer is not considered privileged information.
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What is a pattern lawyer?
A pattern lawyer is someone who helps a client copy write something of some sort.
Can an lawyer tell someone if their client admits to killing someone?
They are not to divulge such information. It is protected by the client attorney privilege. Their job is to defend their client and insure that the prosecution proves the entire case.
When you're a lawyer what does it mean to represent an unpopular client or cause?
It means that your client is someone or something that most people do not like.
What is another word for client?
A client is someone (or a company/organization) that is using some sort of service such as a lawyer, designer, or other business. Other words for client could be customer, patron, user, buyer, or consumer.
What is the situation in which a lawyer sues another lawyer for a serious error that caused a client to lose his or her case called?
Legal Malpractice
What do you call a lawyer's client's opponent?
It depends if the lawyer's client is the plantiff then the opponet is the defendant. If the lawyer's client is the defendant than the opponent is the plantiff.
Does a lawyer have a lawyer?
If he needs one. There's a famous legal aphorism that "a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client." (Meaning: it's foolish to represent yourself; hire another lawyer to represent you.)
Does a lawyer have to say when they know their client is guilty?
No. All communications between a lawyer and his client is confidential, at least as it pertains to the client's case.However, there may be a future time when a lawyer is summoned to speak in court or to police about his client conversations. For example, his client is convicted, goes to prison, and is murdered there. In the murder case, a judge may overrule the lawyer/client confidentiality, and the lawyer would then have to talk about what he knows, in the interests of identifying &/or convicting his late-client's killer.
Why does a lawyer need to have a srtong relationship between his or her client?
A lawyer must instill confidence in their client so that the client can trust them. without a trust the client may hold back secrets to the lawyer that maybe necessary to win a case.
What does condescend?
Condescending means to treat someone in a demeaning manner by implying that they are inferior, often in an ingratiating, patronizing, or snobbish way. Another term is "talking down" to someone. An example would be a lawyer talking to his client using very simple words, implying that the client would not comprehend more involved language.
What is the antonym of lawyer?
client
What is the opposite to a lawyer?
client
