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Attorney client privilege, so what?!

By "Ipse Dixit"

This really just happened a few hours ago.I was in an interview room with my client, you know, having a private conversation about his criminal case in which he is entitled to counsel and is protected by the attorney client privilege. No biggie.The door swings open and the dumbest fucking deputy WALKS INTO THE BOOTH:Deputy Dumbshit (DD from here on out): "I couldn't help but overhearing that you -"Me: "I'm sorry, WHAT??"DD: "I just wanted to tell you about the cite out policy you were talking about."Me: "You mean the cite out policy I was discussing with my CLIENT during a privileged conversation????" (Death stare in full mother fucking effect)DD: :Er...um...I um...er...Me: (long silence accompanied by death stare) Get out.HELLO?! WTF are you talking about? I mean, I am not under the impression that these booths are soundproof or anything...continue to full post

Full post as published by Ipse Dixit on February 29, 2008 (boomark / email).