Prospective and current clients often feel nervous divulging the facts to attorneys. Sure, they know about the attorney-client privilege, but they don't know what, exactly, it protects. Read here for details on the types of information that are never subject to disclosure, and those that may be.
The attorney-client privilege protects almost all confidential communications between lawyers and their clients.
Your Defense Lawyer’s Duty to Keep Things Confidential
Your lawyer must keep your confidences, with rare exceptions.
The Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege
Not all attorney-client communications are privileged.
The Attorney-Client Privilege When a Third Person is Present
The attorney-client privilege prevents people from revealing confidential communications between defendants and their lawyers.
Should I Tell My Lawyer the Truth, and All the Truth?
Read here for information about the potentially touchy issue of divulging all the facts to your criminal defense lawyer.
Does the attorney-client privilege apply if you haven't hired the lawyer yet?
An attorney-client relationship generally doesn’t form until the lawyer and client agree to it.
I Told My Lawyer I Plan to Lie on the Stand. What Will Happen?
Planning to testify falsely risks your defense, your lawyer, and a charge of perjury.