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HopeAgain

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3. Scariest call I ever got...

Reply to Ninga (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 10:36 AM

Nov 2017

Was from an AUSA who found a letter I wrote to a client among confiscated documents. In the letter, I warned my client that what they were doing could possibly be a violation of federal law. I never represented the client after that. The AUSA explained to me (I'm not a criminal attorney) that under the RICO laws, attorney client privilege doesn't apply to consultations with attorneys where the client seeks information on how to get away with legal violations.

I didn't get deposed because the former client plead out. I didn't feel like I had done anything wrong, but these people had done some bad things after seeing me, and it was very scary nonetheless.

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