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H. Dennis Beaver, Esq.

Are Your Secrets Safe With a Law Firm's Receptionist? All About Attorney-Client Privilege (Though Kenny Is Clearly in Big Trouble)

A young man answers the phone in an office.

"Kenny" needed to speak with a lawyer — any lawyer — as soon as possible. "I was in a panic, frightened out of my mind of what could happen," he told me during our phone call on a recent Friday evening.

This was the beginning of one of the strangest 30 minutes I've ever spent on the phone with someone in the category of "I need your help now — but I'm not going to give you any information about why."

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