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.
If a client admits guilt during a legal consultation, a lawyer should advise the client on their legal rights and options, including the potential consequences of admitting guilt. The lawyer should also discuss the importance of confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege, and work with the client to develop a strategic legal defense.
Yes. The fact that someone has retained you as a lawyer is not considered privileged information.
A pattern lawyer is someone who helps a client copy write something of some sort.
It means that your client is someone or something that most people do not like.
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.
Yes, a lawyer can ethically defend someone they know is guilty. It is the lawyer's duty to provide the best possible defense for their client, regardless of their personal beliefs about the client's guilt. This is a fundamental principle of the legal system that ensures everyone has the right to a fair trial and legal representation.
Yes, a lawyer can withdraw from representing a client if there is a conflict of interest or if the client is not cooperating. However, a lawyer cannot disclose confidential information shared by the client.
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.
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.
Yes, a lawyer can inform the police about a confession made by their client if the client consents to the disclosure or if the lawyer believes it is necessary to prevent future harm.
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