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Your lawyer is your advocate. Be sure you understand your rights and responsibilities, too.
Best Practices for Lawyers and Clients
You are entitled to vigorous representation and candid advice.
Your lawyer must keep your confidences, with rare exceptions.
Several key decisions, such as whether to testify, belong only to you.
The choice of whether to plead or go to trial is yours--but you are entitled to your lawyer's candid advice.
Good lawyers don't draw conclusions as to their client's guilt--that's the job of the judge or jury.
Commonly Asked Questions
These questions often occur to defendants.
Lawyers are required to turn over certain items to the police.
Don't expect your lawyer to remain silent after you share a plan to commit a crime.
Lawyers may not offer testimony that they know is false.
A judge may allow the lawyer to withdraw, but not always.
Good communication with your lawyer starts with a conversation about just that.
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