LEO: Attorney/Client Privilege - Post-Death of  LE Op. 928

 

Attorney/Client Privilege - Post-Death of Client.

 

June 11, 1987

 

It is not proper, post-death, for an attorney's files to be turned over

to an institution. The committee opines that post-death, the wishes of the

client are still a dominant consideration. [ DR:4-101; EC:4-6; LE Op.

812]

 

Committee Opinion June 11, 1987

 

CROSS REFERENCES

 

See also LE Op. 1305, and LE Op. 1307.