What lawyers should not tell?
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What lawyers should not tell?
10 Things an Attorney Will Not Tell YouYour case is worthless. Grow up. 33% of nothing is nothing. I don’t believe you. I’m doing this to impress you. If the attorney is being paid by the hour there is a financial interest to keep the matter going rather than ending it. The cost of a lawsuit is a powerful settlement tool. I don’t know everything.
Is everything you tell a lawyer confidential?
The duty of confidentiality bars a lawyer from revealing any confidential information pertaining to a client at any time, regardless of the source. Also, it applies outside the courtroom. Moreover, under the duty of confidentiality, lawyers must keep information under wraps indefinitely — even after a client has died.
Should I admit guilt to my lawyer?
If there is any way a criminal defense attorney can raise reasonable doubt in the client’s guilt, so long as it is ethical to do so, the attorney will do it. Does this mean that if a client admits guilt to his or her attorney, the attorney cannot enter a not guilty plea or zealously represent the client? No.
