Wallin & Klarich Criminal Defense Orange County

What duty does an attorney owe to their client?

What duty does an attorney owe to their client? In the U.S. Constitution, the Sixth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant the right to an attorney for assistance with their defense. To supplement that law, Rule 1.1 of Professional Responsibility states that “a lawyer shall provide competent representation to a client”. The client-lawyer relationship is extremely important, and lawyers owe a duty to their clients to provide zealous representation. When that…

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