Attorney-Client Privilege (58-Page Book)
Released September 30, 2015 - Written by Michael J. Hutton, Esquire Click the above "Learn More" button to read the Table of Contents, several Sample Pages and Mr. Hutter's curriculum vitae.
Inadvertent waiver of the attorney-client privilege can have disastrous consequences for both the client and the attorney. In this practical book, Michael J. Hutter, Esquire, an expert on this topic, explains the privilege, its elements, exceptions to the privilege and, perhaps most significantly, waiving the privilege. Every lawyer working directly with clients should hear this presentation. It might well help prevent an unintentional waiver.
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Author:
Michael J. Hutter is a Professor of Law at Albany Law School, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1976. He is also Special Counsel to the Albany law firm of Powers & Santola, LLP. Professor Hutter is an honors graduate of Brown University, and Boston College Law School. In law school he was the Editor-In-Chief of Boston College’s law review, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. After graduation, Professor Hutter served as law clerk to Judge Matthew J. Jasen, an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. From 1979-1984, he was the Executive Director of the New York State Law Revision Commission. In 1999, Professor Hutter was selected as one of seven nominees to the Court of Appeals by the State Commission on Judicial Nomination. He presently serves as a Commissioner on the New York State Law Revision Commission and as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Capital Defender Office. Professor Hutter’s teaching areas include Evidence, Trial Practice, Intellectual Property, and Trade Regulation. In his practice, he specializes in appellate practice. He has argued over 300 appeals in all of New York’s appellate courts, state and federal, and many of the cases in which he represented the prevailing party are landmark decisions