Re: I see dead people's files

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On 1/06/06, Prairie Dawg wrote:
> You were working for and on behalf of the appointed lawyer.
> No violation of law there-you had to look at the files.
> It's not your job to contact people or dispose of the files.
> That's the job of the appointed attorney. If you feel it is
> necessary you could send someone a letter and tell
> them "Your file from attorney X's office now deceased is in
> the custody of attorney Y who was appointed by the court to
> administer the affairs of attorney X's office. You or your
> present attorney may contact attorney Y at (address phone
> number)."
>
> I should warn you here and now that you can NOT realize any
> personal gain from any interaction with any of the deceased
> attorney's clients, or from any information you might have
> gained from reading those files. You also cannot disclose
> any information you get from the files as they are
> privileged.
>
>
>
> On 1/02/06, filesgalore! wrote:
>> A local attorney died over a year ago. The attorney who
> was
>> appointed to deal with the files gave them to me to sort
>> out and make sense of. I did that. Now what should be done
>> with them?
>> Does it violate any laws that I read the files? Can I
>> personally contact some of the clients to come and get
>> their files?
>> What becomes of dead lawyers files?