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

by Dennis Beaver | attorney client privilege, lawyers, privacy, receptionists

A panicked man calling law firms for help feared that answering receptionists’ questions about his reason for the call would compromise his privacy. This is what I told him about attorney-client privilege. August 3, 2026  • By Dennis Beaver “Kenny”...

COVID-19 – better than a divorce?

by Dennis Beaver | attorney client privilege, divorce, medicine

August 6, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver  “Mr. Beaver, I’ll bet you have never heard a story that I’m about to tell you, but it is the truth. I think that I may have contributed to my husband’s death from COVID. Will the attorney-client privilege apply to our conversation,...

Things you don’t know about attorneys, clients

by Dennis Beaver | attorney client privilege, lawyers

July 30, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver As a direct result of the attorney-client privilege, whatever you say to a lawyer, at all times, is strictly confidential. Neither the lawyer not client can be forced to reveal what they discussed. True or False? “The answer to that...

Why a Law Firm Secretly Recording Client Conversations Is Wrong (and Illegal)

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, attorney client privilege, clients, consent, employees, lawyers, video

May 20, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver When you meet with your attorney and paralegal, the one thing that you can count on and don’t even give a second thought to is that your conversation will be confidential. Indeed, the attorney-client privilege — confidentiality of...

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  • Are Your Secrets Safe With a Law Firm’s Receptionist? All About Attorney-Client Privilege (Though Kenny Is Clearly in Big Trouble) August 3, 2026
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