3.01.060 Attorney-Client Privilege; Definitions

An attorney cannot, without the consent of his client, be examined as to any communication made by the client to him, or his advice given thereon in the course of professional employment.

Attorney means any person authorized, or reasonably believed by the client to be authorized to practice law before any Tribal, State, or Federal Court.

Communication between client and lawyer means information transmitted by a voluntary act of disclosure between a client and his attorney in confidence and by a means which discloses the information to no third persons other than those reasonably necessary for the transmission of the information or the accomplishment of the purpose for which it was transmitted.

No person has any privilege if the judge finds that sufficient evidence, aside from the communication, has been introduced to warrant a finding that the legal service was sought or obtained in order to enable or aid the client to commit or to plan to commit a crime or a tort.