Attorney Client Confidentiality

Attorney-Client Confidentiality

CJS 220

With attorney-client confidentiality we think of this as a conversation between a client and their attorney.

This conversation allows the client to talk to their attorney and let him or her know any and all information that would help their attorney to determine a legal defense for their client. Any information that the client tells their attorney is a privilege and cannot be used against them in court. So by this happening the client will feel comfortable telling their attorney everything about the case so that there is no information that might come up as a surprise during the trial or court case that would surprise their attorney and maybe hurt the client at the same time. This is important part of the...