Does a client have a right to privacy protection if they are identified as a client by their attorney?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Hooser v. Superior Court, 101 Cal.Rptr.2d 341, 84 Cal.App.4th 997 (Cal. App. 2000):

Upon such public disclosure of the attorney-client relationship, the client's privacy concerns regarding the fact of the consultation evaporate and there is no longer a basis for preventing the attorney from identifying the client. (See Satterlee v. Bliss (1869) 36 Cal. 489, 501.) However, until such a public disclosure occurs, the client's identity is itself a matter of privacy, subject to the protection against involuntary disclosure through compelled discovery against the attorney.

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