Florida Florida Statutes
§ 90.502 — Lawyer-client privilege
FS § 90.502Ch. 90
Statute text
View on source(1)For purposes of this section:(a) A “lawyer” is a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the client to be authorized, to practice law in any state or nation.
(b)A “client” is any person, public officer, corporation, association, or other organization or entity, either public or private, who consults a lawyer with the purpose of obtaining legal services or who is rendered legal services by a lawyer.
(c)A communication between lawyer and client is “confidential” if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than:1. Those to whom disclosure is in furtherance of the rendition of legal services to the client. 2. Those reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication.
(2)A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any other person from disclosing, the contents of confidential communications when such other person learned of the communications because they were made in the rendition of legal services to the client.
(3)The privilege may be claimed by:(a) The client.
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