Moler v. CW Management Corp.

DURRANT, Associate Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

1 1 This case requires us to decide whether rule 504 of the Utah Rules of Evidence, which delineates the lawyer-client privilege, protects communications between a lawyer and a client's representative, even if that client is an individual and not a corporation or other business entity. We hold that such communications may be privileged regardless of whether the client is a corporation or a natural person so long as the requirements of rule 504 are met. Under rule 504(a)(4), a client's representative is "one having authority to obtain professional…