Sentences with phrase «testify against his client»

If a client seeks their lawyer's advice on a matter that could be illegal or expose them to criminal liability, and the client uses the advice to commit a crime or act of fraud, the attorney could be asked to testify against their client.

Tax consultants can also be asked to testify against their clients.

Lawyers can not be forced to testify against their clients or potential clients who have consulted them.

Or, can an attorney be put under oath and compelled to testify against his client in such an event?

A lawyer can not be compelled to testify against their client.

Not exact matches

All told, the facts of the case that prosecutors appear to be building around Cohen's work and those «privileged communications» between Cohen and his clients could, in theory, prompt those prosecutors to call Cohen to testify against his own clients.

In the original, it's an attorney who testified against Cady, but the remake brilliantly switches it to Cady's defense attorney (Nick Nolte) who made the decision to bury some information that might have helped his client.

They may even be asked to testify against any of their former or current clients in a court of law.

Clearly (as the answers there agreed) attorney - client privilege does not apply to a non-existent conversation; the attorney can be called and must testify «there was no conversation when I advised that», even if privilege prevents him from adding «actually I advised against it».

When working with clients or witnesses, lawyers should be aware of the prohibition against assisting, whether deliberately or not, a witness to testify falsely.

My client agreed to testify against an alleged co-conspirator, and we were all waiting for the prosecutor to arrive.

If the privilege is available, advantages of asserting the privilege include that the client may be prevented from making statements in a civil proceeding that could be used against him or her in future criminal or civil proceedings or private civil litigation.82 In addition, testifying in a civil or criminal proceeding may, under certain circumstances, amount to a waiver of the Fifth Amendment privilege for purposes of the same proceeding and any future proceedings.83 Conversely, risks of asserting the privilege include that adverse inferences may, under certain circumstances, be drawn in civil or administrative proceedings from an individual's assertion of Fifth Amendment rights in a prior civil or administrative proceeding.84 Moreover, an individual's assertion of the privilege in a civil proceeding could factor into law enforcement's charging decisions.

And as Larry Ribstein has repeatedly pointed out, it doesn't say much for our criminal justice system that the government is paying witnesses to testify against Lerach for the crime of paying his class representative clients.

Conceivably one could question the guardian ad litem (at least in a custody case) regarding discussions the guardian may have had, or not had, with witnesses who provided damaging affidavits against one's client but who failed to testify at trial.

In a novel version of «Perry Mason,» the fictitious (mostly TV) lawyer called the actual perpetrator of the crime to the stand, as a direct witness because she had declined to testify for the prosecution (against Mason's client).

Also, in future, Realtors may be subpoenaed to go to court to testify against their own client, if it ever gets to that.