stumblnrose
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Fri Jul-31-09 10:42 PM
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My attorney in a medmal case has spent more time friendly-schmoozing his old buddies the defense attorneys than working on my case which quite frankly he has mucked up. The other day he sent an email to me and one to my wife and "cc"ed it to the defense attorneys. I don't want them knowing either my email address or my wife's, certainly not just handed over to them by my attorney by email. Am I paranoid or is this a breach of client-attorney privilege?
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| Hosnon
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Fri Jul-31-09 10:49 PM
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| 1. Depends on the content of the email. However, because the instances in which |
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Edited on Fri Jul-31-09 10:50 PM by Hosnon
it is okay are relatively rare, I would consider it presumptively questionable.
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| Tangerine LaBamba
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Fri Jul-31-09 10:49 PM
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| 2. If you're not comfortable with his representation of you, |
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you should fire him and hire another lawyer.
As for his sending emails to you and your wife, and then ccing to the defense (insurance company) attorneys, that strikes me as very odd. I don't know that it's any kind of breach or violation, but it certainly has made you unhappy.
Couple that with your already-expressed unhappiness with how he's comported himself so far and his predilection for socializing with "the other side" (a common practice, nothing nefarious about it), you really should get a different attorney........................
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| Hosnon
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Fri Jul-31-09 10:52 PM
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| 3. What s/he said. But, yes, "fraternization" is inevitable and usually beneficial. nt. |
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Fri Jul-31-09 11:59 PM
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| 5. Good Luck switching attorneys once one attorney has mucked up your case.... |
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...In my own personal experience once a case is mucked-up no other attorney will touch it with a ten foot pole and asbestos gloves.
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| stumblnrose
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Sat Aug-01-09 01:38 AM
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| 6. thanks for the positive vibes |
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I have a new attorney already lined up.
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| demodonkey
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Sat Aug-01-09 04:53 PM
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| 7. Good for you. I could use some positive vibes. |
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Edited on Sat Aug-01-09 04:53 PM by demodonkey
Have been fighting one case for FIFTEEN YEARS, in which my third-generation family farm was cut in two by stormwater runoff by a developer.
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| stumblnrose
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Fri Jul-31-09 10:56 PM
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| 4. I am switching attorneys |
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i just consider my email address private, not saying they couldn't find it if they tried hsrd enough.
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