Bill Text: NY A09029 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - signed chap.235 [A09029 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A09029-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9029 IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing a lawyer referral service - client privilege The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 498 of the judiciary law is renum- 2 bered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows: 3 2. The communications between a member or authorized agent of an asso- 4 ciation or society of attorneys or counselors at law and any person, 5 persons or entity communicating with such member or authorized agent for 6 the purpose of seeking or obtaining a professional referral shall be 7 deemed to be privileged on the same basis as the privilege provided by 8 law for communications between attorney and client. Such privilege may 9 be waived only by the person, persons or entity who has furnished infor- 10 mation to the association or society, its members or authorized agents. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03796-01-7
