Although the attorney-client privilege in Pennsylvania cloaks all communications from a client to a lawyer, it doesn’t protect the lawyer’s communications with the client unless disclosure would risk exposing the client’s communication, a federal judge has ruled.
In Coregis Insurance Co. v. Law Offices of Carole F. Kafrissen, PICS Case No. 02-0178 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 12, 2002) Robreno, J. (20 pages), U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno rejected the argument that the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already effectively extended the privilege to cover all communications from lawyer to client.
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