Lawyer/client confidentiality

[sweetlilmex]

Indiana
What is a lawyer allowed to give me over the phone regarding a client?? If the lawyer discusses personal information that was shared between him and his client what can be done?? If im not the client i asked the lawyer about and he tells me personal information that was only discussed between him and his client can something be done?? How can i prove i heard this information from the lawyer and no one else?? Thanks so much.

[tranquility]

It depends on what kind of information talked about, the permission implied or granted by the client and why the information was transmitted. Other than that it could be a breach of the duty of confidentiality and you could have the *client* to who the duty was owed report him to the state Bar.

[cyjeff]

General requirements under United States law

The general requirements for a valid assertion of attorney-client privilege in many jurisdictions in the United States are:

The asserted holder of the privilege is (or sought to become) a client; and
The person to whom the communication was made:

is a member of the bar of a court, or his subordinate, and
in connection with this communication, is acting as an attorney; and

The communication relates to a fact of which the attorney was informed:

by his client,
without the presence of strangers,
for the purpose of securing primarily either:

an opinion on law, or
legal services, or
assistance in some legal proceeding,

and not for the purpose of committing a crime or tort; and

The privilege has been claimed, and
The privilege has not been waived.[1]

The attorney-client privilege is separate from and should not be confused with the work-product doctrine. An attorney speaking publicly in regard to a client's personal business and private affairs can be reprimanded by the bar and/or disbarred, regardless of the fact that he or she may be no longer representing the client. Airing of a client's or past client's dirty laundry is viewed as a breach of fiduciary responsibilities.

From, of all places, wikipedia.

[tranquility]

From the statements of the OP, this does not seem a privilege issue but one of client confidentiality.