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1.7-1.11: Conflicts of Interest, including restrictions on attorneys arising from current clients, [9] [10] former clients, [11] prior work as a government employee or judge, [12] [13] and association with law firms. [14] 2 Counselor 2.1: Attorney's role as a candid advisor on topics within and outside of the law. [15] 3 Advocate
Attorney–client privilege or lawyer–client privilege is the common law doctrine of legal professional privilege in the United States. Attorney–client privilege is "[a] client's right to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney."
The duty is sourced from a combination of contract law and equity arising from the distinctive relationship between lawyer and client. The solicitor or attorney is an agent of the client under the law of agency. In contract, the duty arises from terms contained in the retainer agreement. Complementarily, equity prohibits unauthorised use or ...
In common law jurisdictions and some civil law jurisdictions, legal professional privilege protects all communications between a professional legal adviser (a solicitor, barrister or attorney) and his or her clients from being disclosed without the permission of the client. The privilege is that of the client and not that of the lawyer.
Lawyers cannot be compelled to disclose certain lawyer-client communications due to the attorney–client privilege. [5] "Privileged" information includes communications where a client seeks legal advice or services. [5] Attorney–client privilege is not an ethical obligation, but rather a procedural rule. [5]
The client fires the attorney. The attorney determines that he is not competent to continue representing the client in a matter. A conflict of interest arises under which the attorney's continued representation of multiple clients impairs the attorney's obligations to the individuals. The client insists upon advancing a frivolous claim.
After one of her client’s died, a Wisconsin attorney stole more than $1.6 million from his trust accounts while continuing to lie to his wife ... (the attorney) violated her ethical obligations ...
The Model Rules address many topics which are found in state ethics rules, including the client-lawyer relationship, duties of a lawyer as advocate in adversary proceedings, dealings with persons other than clients, law firms and associations, public service, advertising, and maintaining the integrity of the profession. Respect of client ...