South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog
If you’re considering hiring a personal injury lawyer in Florida, understanding the basics of attorney-client privilege is important. Your lawyer, or even one with whom you are consulting to possibly hire, is legally obligated to keep conversations about your case private. However, to ensure privacy is maintained, it’s necessary to know when and how to communicate and what kind of communications might not be shielded. 
Privileged communication is a legal principle applicable in both civil and criminal cases. It involves interactions between two parties that the law deems protected because of the relationship between the two. Whatever is said or otherwise communicated between them is confidential, and neither can’t be forced or compelled to share it with anyone – including the courts or law enforcement.
Privileged relationships recognized by the law include:
- Attorney-client
- Doctor-patient
- Therapist-patient
- Clergy-congregant
- Accountant-client
- Spouses
- Reporters (only applicable in some states and in some situations)