Doe v. Poe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mangano, P. J.
The question to be resolved on this appeal is whether the plaintiff met his burden of demonstrating that certain communications are covered by the attorney-client privilege. In our view, the question must be answered in the negative.
The plaintiff (hereinafter the CEO), is a former Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and trustee of a Federally chartered savings bank. In 1985, he hired the defendant Peter Poe, a New York law firm, in connection with the bank’s acquisition of a "troubled” savings and loan association from the Federal Government. In…
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