United States v. Louis Kovel

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• noting that an attorney may use an interpreter to communicate with or take a statement from a client and not destroy any privilege
• explaining that since some lawyers require professionals to “translate” certain concepts for the furtherance of legal work or advice, the presence of those professionals does not vitiate the attorney-client privilege
• explaining that since some lawyers require professionals to “translate” certain concepts for the furtherance of legal work or advice, the presence of those professionals does not vitiate the attorney-client privilege
• opining that privilege does not apply where the advice sought is not the lawyer’s
• remanding to permit accountant witness to offer factual support for assertion that communications were made in pursuit of legal advice
• remanding to permit accountant witness to offer factual support for assertion that communications were made in pursuit of legal advice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).