David F. Johnson recently published another article in the Texas Tech Estate Planning and Community Property Law Journal. This article is titled: “Issues Involving the Attorney-Client Privilege and Trustees in Texas,” and addresses a trustee retaining an attorney, the scope of the attorney client privilege, the impact of including a client’s representative in the communications, exceptions to the privilege (including the crime/fraud exception, claimants through the same deceased client, breach of duty by a lawyer or client, and joint clients), the fiduciary exception to the privilege, successor trustee rights to privileged communications, advice of counsel defense and its impact on the privilege, and co-trustee issues. The article is attached below.

Read Here: Issues Involving the Attorney-Client Privilege and Trustees in Texas by David F. Johnson