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Discipline

Nov. 27, 2006

Have a Dead Client? Be Careful With Attorney-Client Privilege

FORUM COLUMN - By Terence S. Nunan - Most attorneys who deal with the rules of evidence think they have a good intuitive understanding of how the attorney-client privilege operates, both during a client's life and after a client's death.

Forum Column

By Terence S. Nunan
     
      Most attorneys who deal with the rules of evidence think they have a good intuitive understanding of how the attorney-client privilege operates, both during a client's life and after a client's death. They know the privilege continues for the client's life and if the client becomes incapacitated, the client's conservator of the client becomes the holder of th...

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