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HopeAgain

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1. Scary reminder for attorneys...

Reply to Ninga (Original post)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 09:27 AM

Nov 2017

Every lawyer should keep this in mind when advising clients on what could be criminal matters. You cannot lie on behalf of your client because if the attorney herself knew the truth, she becomes a co-conspirator. A reminder that a lawyer's job is not to help clients skirt the law, but to advise clients as to what the law is and protect their procedural rights. Too often these days the lawyers become the witnesses on behalf their clients, without regard to where that might lead.

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