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When and How is a Lawyer the Client’s “Agent”?

By Robert Ross | Posted on February 27, 2023

THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP IS AN AGENCY RELATIONSHIP The attorney-client relationship is an agency relationship, which means that the relationship is governed by agency law. Agency is a branch of law that governs relationships that arise when one person (known as the principal) hires another person (the agent) to act on the principal’s behalf. By law, an agent has the… Read More »