Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Aug. 17, 2012
Confidentiality: red flags and the dangerous client
Under certain circumstances, lawyers have the option of revealing confidential client information. By Wendy L. Patrick of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct
"And ... I just bought a gun." Your ears perk up when your client ends what you had thought was just a session of blowing off steam, describing his animosity towards the star witness testifying against him in trial, and expressing his exasperation in general at the legal mess he is in. "Why do you need a gun?" you ask your client, suddenly anxious about what you have just heard. Does your client intend to kill someone? Kill...
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