LEO: Attorney-Client Privilege  LE Op. 812

 

Attorney-Client Privilege.

 

July 25, 1986

 

The mere passage of time does not affect the ongoing requirement of an

attorney to preserve the confidentiality of his client. The committee

declines to opine as to whether the attorney/client privilege survives the

death of the client. [ EC:4-6]

 

Committee Opinion July 25, 1986

 

CROSS REFERENCES

 

See also LE Op. 928, and LE Op. 1305.