BERENS v. BERENS

No. COA15-230.

785 S.E.2d 733 (2016)

Michael M. BERENS, Plaintiff, v. Melissa C. BERENS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horack Talley Pharr & Lowndes, P.A., Charlotte, by Christopher T. Hood and Gena G. Morris , for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh, by Michelle D. Connell , and Tom Bush Law Group, Charlotte, by Tom J. Bush , for Defendant-Appellant.

Thurman, Wilson, Boutwell & Galvin, P.A., Charlotte, by John D. Boutwell , for Brook Adams.


This appeal presents the question of whether a party to litigation who engages her friend as an agent to participate in meetings with her attorney waives the protections of attorney-client communications and attorney work product for information arising from the meeting with her attorney and any work product created with the assistance...

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