Re: My lawyer violated the attorney-client privilege and my

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On 1/22/07, J. Easlet wrote:
> My attorney violated my right to privacy by breaking his
> oath or ethics or whatever pertaining to the attorney-
> client privilege. He blabbed information pertaining to
> my defense in a lawsuit to the attorney on the other side.
> I've had to warn him previously about being too 'chummy'
> with the oposition, but this time he gave up vital
> information that the other attorney used by taking it to
> the judge overseeing the case. I face censure or possibly
> might be tried for a felony as a result. I feel that all
> of my rights to privacy have been violated. Is the rule of
> law breaking down in the US? People will abandon the idea
> of going to attorneys and will begin taking matters into
> their own hands if they do not feel that they can trust
> their own counsel.
If you have done something that constitutes a felony, as an
officer of the court, your attorney has the moral, ethical,
and legal duty to first warn you and then report it,
especially if it is perjury that you have committed. google
American bar Association model rules of ethics and
professional responsibility. When you sue someone, or are
being sued, privacy rights tend to go out the window as far
as discovery is concerned. the other side can ask and get
answers to all kinds of personal questions and information.
And it really tends to be to one's advantage when the
attorneys are "chummy" if they have a good working
relationship, you tend to spend a lot less money because
things tend to get worked out quicker, thus saving you on
attorney fees as well. That's not to say that there aren't
some bad eggs out there who will just build a file and
charge out the wazoo but as a rule the better they get along
the less likely you are to have to pay for their p****ng
matches.