Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility
I have been doing Zoom depositions and hearings. For some of them, my client is at another location. How can I interact with the client ethically?
March 04, 2021 at 02:03 PM
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There can be no surreptitious types of communication between an attorney and his client during a Zoom deposition.
I have been doing Zoom depositions and hearings. For some of them, my client is at another location. How can I interact with the client ethically?
Zoom depositions and Zoom hearings are unfortunately the way law is practiced now. Though sometimes it is convenient for the lawyers not to leave their office, not having the client present is difficult at times. Also, even if the client is present, it allows for contact that the other side can't see.
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