Keeping Legal Secrets Secret

Modified Transcript of “Keeping Legal Secrets Secret” for the Hearing Impaired

Commentary by lawyers on public venues, such as on some social media, specifically about certain cases is just now allowed.

We’re just not allowed to disclose certain confidences and trust me there are times I wish we could because we can be a target for things.

Attorney – Client Privilege
Public Policy
Courts Benefit from Clients Telling Their Attorney the Truth
Common Law Protection
Confidences Cannot Be Divulged

What we want to do and what our goal and desire and our duty is, is to protect confidences and to keep things private and frankly secret and so when you consult with a lawyer, and this comes from over four hundred years of jurisprudence, they call it attorney-client privilege.

What you tell your lawyer is meant to be kept secret because the courts, our system, our social fabric wants to make sure that your lawyer hears all the facts and that those fact, whether they’re good or bad, are kept in confidence and not used against them.

Nothing’s more frustrating, at least to me, is to have a client tell me two of the three facts and they leave out the third fact because they’re embarrassed, or they think it will hurt their case, and have that come back on us to the detriment of the client. It doesn’t help to keep out facts that hurt your case. In fact it hurts you.

SEE RELATED: Telling Truth to Lawyer

It doesn’t help to worry that your lawyer is going to judge you, and that you’re a bad person, or you’re a bad client.

I’ve heard everything. I’ve heard terrible, terrible sets of circumstances and our job is to look at the things without a jaundiced eye, without judging people, and give frank honest answers about what we think we can do to help you.

Bill Powers
704-342-4357
https://www.carolinaattorneys.com/
bill@PowMac.com

Bill Powers has been listed in 2015 SuperLawyers North Carolina Magazine. In calendar years 2012, 2013 & 2014, SuperLawyers further included Bill in the “Top 100” Lawyers in North Carolina. In 2013 Bill was listed as “Top 25 in Charlotte” by SuperLawyers North Carolina.

For Membership Information & Criterion for Inclusion to SuperLaywers North Carolina see: https://www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina/lawyer/Bill-Powers/ccf452c7-eeb6-4f0e-98e4-337804e043e8.html

Powers Law Firm PA in 2015 has been again listed as a “Best Law Firm” by U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT. For Member Info & Criterion for Inclusion see: https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/powers-mccartan-pllc/overview/44550

In 2015 Bill Powers has been included in Best Lawyers of America. For membership info & criterion for inclusion see: https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/bill-powers/78562/

Bill Powers has also been listed in “Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyers in North Carolina” by The National Trial Lawyers. For member info & criterion for inclusion see: https://www.thenationaltriallawyers.org/profile-view/Bill/Powers/5071/