Section 1.20 Setting the Stage for Proof

• Library: Sources of Proof (2014 Ed.)

A. (§1.20) Setting the Stage for Proof

There are three stages of the attorney-client relationship, each marking a difference in counsel’s approach and research into the facts, the law, and problems of proof. These stages are:

• preemployment;

• postemployment and pretrial; and

• trial.

At the preemployment stage, counsel must be an impartial, though sympathetic, counselor. At this stage, consideration may be given to everything, whether admissible in a trial or not. Counsel should consider the...