Legal Question in Legal Ethics in California

Attorney client disclosures

Is my attorney of record obligated to notify me of a foreign criminal law suit filed against me. My attorney of record has had knowledge of the existence of this action for several months


Asked on 2/21/08, 11:04 am

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Robert L. Bennett Law offices of Robert L. Bennett

Re: Attorney client disclosures

Your term "attorney of record" is not something in the law books as far as I know.

If it pertains to the case he is handling for you, it would seem to be incumbent on him to notify you, but, I would need to know a lot more facts before chastising him.

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Answered on 2/21/08, 11:27 am


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