What is Attorney Client Privilege?
What exactly is meant by attorney client privilege? In its simplest form it means that anything that a client says to his attorney is protected and cannot be divulged by the attorney for any reason. A client is anyone who is seeking legal advice. It can be someone who has already retained a lawyer or someone who is considering retaining the lawyer. What if the client reveals that he committed a crime? There is no duty on the part of the lawyer to come forward with that information. Indeed, the lawyer has a duty to his client NOT to reveal information told to him in private. The basic rule is that your lawyer is there to protect you and no one else. Anything you tell your lawyer will be kept secret.
