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IN RE PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

No. 93-SS-356.

831 A.2d 890 (2003)

In re PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giovanna Shay, with whom James W. Klein, Julia Leighton, Samia Fam, and Timothy P. O'Toole were on the brief, for appellant.

Lisa H. Schertler, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese III, David Gorman, and Florence Pan, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for the United States.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Attorneys are charged with two weighty responsibilities—to serve their clients with loyalty and zeal and to advance the administration of justice. To enable attorneys to fulfill these responsibilities, the law guarantees the confidentiality of legitimate attorney-client communications and enjoins attorneys entrusted with confidential communications to advise their clients to comply with the law. The privilege of confidentiality does...

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